Characterstics
Types
Brain Teasers
Lessons learned
Famous fakes (if you think they are real, then I was joking)
100
Larger than life heroes that are females
What are heroines
100
Tales explaining actions of gods, goddesses, etc.
What are myths
100
Two men play checkers. They play five games and each man wins five games. There are no ties. How can this be?
What is... They played other people
100
Which fable has a moral warning to not be too trusting of people, or animals in this case, of excessive compliments that may not be genuine....
What is The Fox and Crow
100
This excited son created an invention out of a substance that couldn't handle heat and thus probably won't be attending the annual Mt. Olympus science fair since he may be in deep water.
Who is Daedulus (story of the wings and flying too close to the sun)
200
Central message
What is theme
200
Long, narrative poems about larger than life heroes that involve a journey.
What are epics
200
A woman gives a beggar 50 cents. The woman is the beggar's sister, but the beggar is not the woman's brother. How come?
What is...The beggar is a woman
200
These two morals can be used in this famous "racy" fable: Don't be over-confident. Keep on keepin' on!
What is Tortoise and the Hare
200
Hanging out in labyrinths is where this mythological creature can be found and this ain't no bull....well, half of this creature is.
What is the minotaur
300
Human characteristics given to nonhuman things
What is personification
300
Traditional stories about the past that twist fact into fiction and feature larger than life people.
What is legends.
300
Take two apples from three apples and what do you have?
What is 2 Apples
300
A synonym for moral....
What is lesson
300
In the Mexican legend, Popo and Ixtla (we read in class), the two lovers became what objects as a sign of their huge love for each other?
What are mountains
400
The two most common phrases associated with fairy tales.
What is... Once upon a time...and happily ever after.
400
Heroes performing impossible feats....Paul Bunyan, Pecos Bill.
What are tall tales.
400
What word is mispelled in this test?
What is...Misspelled
400
TEAM CHALLENGE........summarize in 25 words or less a new version of Rapunzel.....use these objects COMB, SECURITY CAMERA, and ROSES.
What is let's hear it. Various answers.
400
In the folk tale "How the Snake Got it's Poison", the snake is given an item so dat his friends will be keerful and avoid being struck and snake won't be killin' everything dat moves no more...... 1. Name the item, the snake is given to warn others he is there. 2. What literary elements is used heavily in this folk tale?
What is 1. A bell 2. Dialect
500
The way that the sharing of stories, culture, and traditions were originally share.
What is orally.....hence, oral traditions.
500
brief stories featuring talking animals and morals.
What is fables
500
I have in my hand two U.S. coins which total 55 cents in value. One coin is not a nickel. Please bear this in mind. What are the coins?
What is... A 50 cent piece and a nickel
500
In this fable a son accepts a handful of legumes in trade for the family pet. Giant things happen and many could say a moral to this fable could be don't accept things from strangers...
What is Jack and the Beanstalk.
500
Bad hair day or what. This mythological woman with snakes for hair was salin by Perseus....
Who is Medusa
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