Why the Sun Is Red

Why the Sun Is Red

A Lithuanian Legend

Multiple Choice

A legend is

• a nonfiction text with facts

• a story that is passed down orally, often explaining natural events

• a science fiction story with space as a setting

• a real story about a real person in history

Multiple Choice

What does this legend explain?

• Why the sun is red at sunrise and sunset.

• How the Earth as made.

• The rising tides.

• How to ride a horse.

Poll

Does this legend have a beginning, middle, and end?

• Yes

• No

• Not Sure

Multiple Choice

The characters in "Why the Sun is Red" are:

• The King

• The Horseman

• The Sun's Mother

• The Sun

• All of the above

Multiple Choice

How does the author use third-person point of view to show the Sun's feelings?

• Through dialogue.

• The narrator tells us how they feel using the words he, she, and they

• Through word choices.

• He is a therapist so he knows feelings.

• Choices 1, 2, and 3.

The King demands that the Horseman find the answer to his question.

• The Horseman rides for seven days in search of the amber house.

• He finds the Sun's Mother and again we hear the question.

• Again we hear that if he does not find an answer, he must leave his kingdom.

• The Sun's Mother asks the King's question to her daughter the Sun.

• What response does the Sun give?

Why do you think the author repeats words and phrases in this legend?