Writing Myths

Define a myth

• a traditional story sometimes popularly regarded as historical but unauthenticated.
• a short story, typically with animals as characters, conveying a moral.
• a traditional story, especially one concerning the early history of a people or explaining some natural or social phenomenon, and typically involving supernatural beings or events.
• an account of imaginary or real people and events told for entertainment.

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Creation myths tell how the world and human beings came to exist

• False
• True

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Origin myths explain how...

• Phenomena such as earthquakes, mountains, and streams came to exist
• How the world came to be

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Oral literature is that which is shared through spoken language

• True
• False

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A traditional or legendary story, usually concerning some being or hero or event, with or without a determinable basis of fact or a natural explanation, especially one that is concerned with deities or demigods and explains some practice, rite, or phenomenon of nature.

• Legend
• Myth
• Fable 
• Folktale

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Greek god Poseidon who controls the world's oceans with his powerful trident

• myth
• legend
• fable
• folktale

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A story that was created to usually explain the mysteries of the universe and usually features gods and goddesses is called a _____.

• Myth
• Legend
• Tale

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The purpose of a myth is to

• scare the audience.
• give another perspective on life.
• teach humans to love another no matter what.
• entertain, inform, and/or explain.

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Myths contain these elements of storytelling:

• original ideas.
• comedic relief, love stories, sirens, and cake.
• plot, characters, setting, and theme.
• peace, harmony, and fables.

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A plot is

• the sequence of events that make up a story.
• a person, an animal, or an imaginary creature that takes part in the action of a literary work.
• the time and place of the action.
• the message about life or human nature that is conveyed.

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