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Literary Terms
Misc. Grammar Rules
Creation Myths
Literary Terms Too
Trickster Myths
100
The time and place of the action in a literary work
What is the setting?
100
a person, place, or thing.
What is a noun?
100
These characters serve as the creators in the story (name all four)
Who are: Sky-woman Sky-woman's daughter Right-handed twin Left-handed twin
100
The main character in a literary work.
What is the protagonist?
100
This is the trickster in the Coyote and the Buffalo.
Who is the Coyote?
200
The sequence of events in a story.
What is the plot?
200
It's what you do.
What is a verb?
200
The grandmother's head landed here
What is the in the sky as the moon?
200
The character in conflict with the main character.
What is the antagonist?
200
This is the result of Coyote's actions against Buffalo Bull.
What is coyote loosing everything?
300
The most exciting point in a story?
What is the climax?
300
A word to describe a noun.
What is an adjective?
300
It explains how the universe, earth, and life began
What is the definition of creation myth?
300
The struggle between opposing forces or the problem in the story.
What is conflict?
300
The flaw being shown by the trickster.
What is greed?
400
THe attitude of the writer toward their subject, usually defined by an adjective.
What is the tone?
400
A word to describe a verb.
What is an adverb?
400
The right-handed twin and left handed twin symbolically represent these idea(s)
What are good and evil, yin and yang, or balance in the world?
400
Anything that stands for or represents something else.
What is a symbol?
400
THe trickster tale also explains this about the world...
What is why no buffalo live along the river?
500
The central message of a work.
What is theme?
500
A group of words usually placed before nouns or verbs to modify them.
What is a preposition?
500
To instill awe To explain the world To support the tribe's customs To guide the people through difficult times
What are the 4 functions of a creation myth?
500
A reference to a well-known person, place, event, or literary work.
What is an allusion?
500
These are the three categories of tricksters:
What are cultural hero, clever deceiver, or numskull?