Characters
Vocabulary
Plot
Literary Terms
Vietnamese Culture
100
"What can you expect? [She] almost looks like a frog herself, she's so ugly."
Who is Giang Dung?
100
Crouched and trembled in fear
What is cowered?
100
When Giang Dung gave birth, instead of the child being a boy or a girl, it was only this.
What is a frog?
100
a story with no known author that originally was passed on from one generation to another by word of mouth
What is a folk tale?
100
In Vietnamese mythology, this place is the underwater home of the Dragon King.
What is the Crystal Palace?
200
This character offers to marry Master Frog.
Who is Kien Tien?
200
The synonym for "urged".
What is admonished?
200
Wild beasts of every description... Elephants...tigers...leopards...panthers...
What are Master Frog's vassals?
200
guessing what will happen next
What is a prediction?
200
In tales from Vietnamese mythology, Ngoc Hoang-in Vietnamese, is the king of the gods and the fairies. He is also Master Frog's father.
Who is the Jade Emperor?
300
This character burns Master Frog's skin because she is angry over her failure to find a prince for herself.
Who is Bich Ngoc?
300
All his mother's "requests" couldn't change Master Frog's mind.
What is entreaties?
300
When Kien Tien's sisters learn that Master Frog is a prince, they become this.
What is bitter and envious (mad and jealous)?
300
a fantastic transformation, or change, from one shape to another
What is a metamorphosis?
300
In Vietnamese, this name means "pretty face," an ironic name for a plain or ugly girl.
What is Giang Dung?
400
Though this character is amused at first when meeting Master Frog, he/she soon becomes enraged and orders the guards to execute him.
Who is the king?
400
The king got mad at Master Frog's proposal, which he thought was an "act".
What is charade?
400
When the two sisters throw Kien Tien into the sea, they claim that Kien Tien did this.
What is committed suicide?
400
features that are repeated in stories throughout the word
What are motifs?
400
In Vietnamese mythology, the Crystal Palace was the underground home of this god (Hai Long Vuong in Vietnamese), ruler of the seas.
Who is the Dragon King?
500
"I am a fairy, a heavenlly mandarin, one of the sons of Jade Emperor."
Who is Master Frog?
500
This word is the antonym for "modest".
What is presumptuous?
500
In this story, Master Frog undergoes two metamorphoses.
What are frog to human and death to life?
500
the use of clues that suggest what will happen later in the story
What is foreshadowing?
500
In Vietnamese, this character's name means "gold" and "pearl or precious stone", and this character's name means "emerald."
Who are Kim Chau and Bich Ngoc?
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