Epics
Fables
Fairy Tales
Vocabulary
Grammar
100

This epic originated in Ancient Sumeria and was originally written in cuneiform.

What is The Epic of Gilgamesh?

100

When writers give animals human-like characteristics, it is known as this.

What is animism?

100

These men wrote a Cinderella very different than the Disney version you know and love.

Who are The Brothers Grimm?

100

A broad genre of literature based on unreality; Made up people, places, and things.

What is fiction?

100

This part of speech commonly acts as the subject of a sentence.

What are nouns?

200

Gilgamesh is often described as this kind of character given his god-like traits.

What is an epic hero?

200

This is the reason fables were given a nondescript setting.

What is so that any person in any place can relate to it?

200

Fairytales were popularized in this court during the 17th century.

What is the French court?

200

Lacking distinctive characteristics or information.

What is nondescript?

200

These verbs possess an -ing ending and function as a noun.

What are gerunds?

300

Don Quixote's epic is an example of this form of writing.

What is parody?

300

Through highlighting desirable and undesirable characteristics, fables tend to teach us a lesson, otherwise known as a...

What is a moral?

300

This man is the first to be accredited with writing down fairytales in a collection.

Who is Charles Perrault?

300

Attributing human characteristics to non-human things.

What is personification?

300

In English: a, an, and the function as this part of speech.

What is an article?

400

Ancient Sumeria is better known to us as this modern country.

What is Iraq?

400

This man was famous for his fables.

Who is Aesop?

400

This is the time and place where fairy tales first became popular.

What is 17th-century France?

400

This style of writing attempts to imitate other genres, but is deliberately exaggerated for comedic effect.

What is parody?

400

In this sentence, "Carly walked into class late," the italicized words are known as a...

What is a prepositional phrase?

500

Write a short explanation of Miguel de Cervantes Don Quixote

I'll decide :)

500

Explain the original importance of oral tradition in story telling.

I'll decide :)

500

Write down as many fairy tale characteristics as you can recall.

We'll take a look :)

500

A long poem, typically one derived from ancient oral tradition, narrating the deeds and adventures of heroic or legendary figures or the history of a nation.

What is an epic?

500

In the sentence, "Our cat caught a mouse," the italicized words are a...

What is a direct object?

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