"The Lion Makers"
"The Tortoise and the Osprey"
"The Ant and the Grasshopper"
"The Pumpkin Seeds"
Literary Terms
100

This type of irony is found in the "Lion Makers". (verbal irony, structural irony, dramatic irony or situational irony)

What is situational irony?

100

The two types of genre of this story.

What is fable and myth?

100

The moral of the story.

What is that you should prepare for future events. 

100
The archetype of the story.

Who is the poor but kind younger brother.

100
A short tale, usually anonymous, passed along by word of mouth.

What is a folktale?

200

The theme of the story.

What is knowledge is useful, but if not guided by common sense, it can do more harm than good. 

200
The character that functions as a foil to Tortoise.

Who is Tortoise's wife?

200

This type of fable. 

What is a beast fable?

200

This kind of folktale.

What is a Korean Folktale?

200

Stories that explain specific aspects of life or the natural world, usually in terms of supernatural forces or beings.

What is a myth?

300

This kind of folktale. 

What is an Indian Folktale?

300

Consequences of Tortoise's plan.

What is tortoise falls and his shell is cracked, leaving a permanent pattern.

300

"Since you sang all summer, it looks as though you would have to dance all winter."

What is what the ant told the grasshopper.

300

In literature, recurring character types, plots or patterns or images. 

What is archetypes?

300
A brief fanciful story that presents a moral to teach character and life wisdom through practical examples.

What is a fable?

400
Common sense. 

What is gumption?

400

The lesson learned from from the consequences of his plan. 

What is Tortoise learns to be more content with who he is.

400

Who said this statement, "What were you doing all summer while I was busy harvesting?"

Who is the ant?

400

The greedy one.

Who is the older brother?

400

Long, stylized narrative poems celebrating the deeds of a national or ethnic hero of legend. 

What is an epic?
500

This character flaw led to the demise of the first three friends.

What is pride?

500

This kind of folktale.

What is an African Folktale?

500

Busily storing away some of the kernals of wheat that he had gathered during the summer. 

What is what the ant was doing to prepare for winter?

500

The demons came from this.

The greedy brother's pumpkins.

500

A generally sympathetic character who usually falls into tragedy because of a personal character flaw, sometimes the protagonist.

What is a tragic hero?