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Which is Which?
Get it WRITE/Sent. Openers
Analyze This
100
stories, poems, and songs passed by word of mouth within a specific culture
What is oral tradition?
100
religious songs from the African-American tradition
What are spirituals?
100
anonymous, timeless, placeless
What is a Folk Tale?
100
The surface of the earth had not appeared.
What is a subject sentence opener?
100
An example: Although born a commoner, Arthur becomes a king.
What is transformation motif?
200
I am the three types of myths
What are creation, origin, and hero?
200
I kept my people's stories alive by making sure they were told
What is a griot?
200
I contain highly exaggerated, unrealistic elements
What is a Tall Tale?
200
She agreed.
What is a very short sentence sentence opener?
200
An example of this in Romeo: •Falling in "love" with Juliet within minutes of meeting her, even after finding out that she was a Capulet.
What is a tragic flaw?
300
a trail or quest
What is a motif?
300
When you speak and I write.
What is transcription?
300
My heroes usually have tragic flaws
What are Myths?
300
By comparing these tales with each other, more secure interpretations are possible.
What is a clausal sentence opener?
300
The author is using this technique in this passage: Your backyard is a Garden of Eden.
What is allusion?
400
I'm a common archetype in myths. I bet I can outwit you!
What/Who is a trickster?
400
Wow - my verses seem to go on and on and on about my hero and the gods
What is an epic?
400
My kind of story might have a title like "The Fox and the Grapes"
What is a fable?
400
Once upon a time there was a ......
What is an adverb sentence opener?
400
I am the motif that is represented when the magical helper gives me three tasks I must do in order to be granted permission.
What is Trial or Quest?
500
In Romeo and Juliet, this is when I know that Juliet isn't really dead but Romeo doesn't.
What is Dramatic Irony?
500
the purging of negative emotions and replacing them with more noble emotions
What is Catharsis?
500
I use things in nature to teach a moral lesson
What is a Parable?
500
How I might change this sentence to have an "ing" sentence opener: He scowled at my question.
What is (answers can vary) Scowling, he answered my question.