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The people or animals in a story.
What is characters?
100
The time and place of the story; when and where the story takes place.
What is setting?
100
The events of the story; what happens in the story.
What is plot?
100
The author's main message
What is theme?
100
A story that is not real; it has been made up.
What is fiction?
200
A fiction story about how things work or how something came to be; the characters are often gods or heroes.
What is a myth?
200
A fiction story that is told for fun; passed down from generation to generation through word of mouth.
What is a fable?
200
A fiction story in which the characters act like real people. They often have problems like real people in modern life.
What is realistic fiction?
200
The Green Ribbon or The Turtle and the Swans
Of the four short stories we have read, which one is a fable? (there are two correct answers)
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Midas and the Golden Touch
Of the four short stories we have read, which one is a myth?
300
The Fish Story
Of the four stories we have read, which story is an example of realistic fiction?
300
A moral states a lesson about life.
What is a moral?
300
Keep your mind on the job at hand.
What is the moral of the story in Turtle and the Swans?
300
Think carefully of the consequences before making a wish.
What is the of Midas and the Golden Touch?
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Everything he touches turns to gold. He is not able to eat or drink. He turns his daughter to gold.
What happens after Midas is granted his wish?
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He asks Bacchus for help. Bacchus tells him to go wash in the river and pour the water of the river on Midas' daughter to get her back.
How does Midas solve his problem?
400
She wears a green ribbon around her neck.
In the Green Ribbon, what is unusual about Jenny?
400
Jenny and Alfred fall in love. Alfred frequently asks Jenny why she wears a green ribbon around her neck. She repeatedly tells him he must wait until the time is right before she tells him about the ribbon. She becomes sick and the doctor tells her she is dying. She tells Alfred to untie the ribbon. He does and her head falls off.
Summarize the plot in The Green Ribbon.
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He has a reputation for messing up jobs.
Why is Ernie surprised to get a job with the Bensons?
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Ernie discovers that Jaws is dead and thinks he is responsible for the fish's death.
What is the conflict in The Fish Story?
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He buys a new fish to replace Jaws.
How does Ernie solve his problem?
500
responsible
How would Mrs. Benson describe Ernie?
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He must move because the lake bed dried up. However, he is stuck there.
What is the Turtle's problem in The Turtle and the Swans?
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They find a stick. The turtle grips the stick with his mouth. The swans grip each end of the stick and fly with the turtle out of the lake bed.
What plan do the turtle and swans have for helping the turtle leave the lake?
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The turtle becomes jealous when people give the swans credit for the clever idea. He yells down to them to let them know that plan was his idea. When he does this, he loses the grip on the stick and falls from the sky.
Why doesn't the turtle and swans plan work out?
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