"John Henry"
It takes place near this mountain range on the east coast.
What are the Allegheny Mountains?
The setting of Pecos Bill.
What is Texas/American West?
Paul Bunyan's profession
What is a lumberjack?
Name one of Davy Crockett's professions.
What is/are frontiersman, soldier, politician, congressman and storyteller?
This root word means one who doubts what others accept as true.
What is skeptic?
These are the the people who attend John Henry's burial.
This occurred every Fourth of July which irritated Pecos Bill.
What is the cyclone?
Paul Bunyan found a way to stop this because it ruined St. Patrick's Day until the Fourth of July.
What is the rain?
This is the reason Davy Crockett has a dream about Oak Wing.
What is guilt for all that he had done to Oak Wing?
A hard stone
What is granite?
This the the reason it is important for John Henry to beat the steam drill.
What is his determination to show men are more valuable than machines?
The cyclone became angry and jealous which is an example of this.
What is hyperbole?
Babe, the Blue Ox, transported this from China.
What is snow?
This is the reason the tall tale Davy Crockett is so difficult to read.
What are the spelling errors?
took power
What is usurped?
The growth and spread of steam locomotives in the 19th century is an example of this literary skill.
What is an example of cultural context?
Pecos Bill rode the storm like a wild bronco shows that the American West values this about the cultural context.
What is the expert skill in riding ability in ranch life?
This was valued by the people who invented Paul Bunyan and kept him alive through oral tradition.
What is there need for a hero who was larger than life?
Davy Crockett presents this image conveyed through the cultural context.
What is life is adventurous and humorous?
pointless or useless
What is futile?
"The Big Bend Tunnel on the C&O road/ Gonna cause the death of me predicts this.
What is John Henry will die at the Big Bend Tunnel?
Give one example of hyperbole from Pecos Bill.
What is...?
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Give one example of hyperbole from Paul Bunyan.
Whats is...?
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This is the element of cultural context in Davy Crocket.
What is language and frontier life?
unbeatable
What is invincible?