Folktales

Folktales

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15 Qs

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Folktales

Folktales

Assessment

Quiz

English

5th - 8th Grade

Hard

CCSS
RL.4.9, RL.1.10, RI.2.9

+15

Standards-aligned

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15 questions

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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Which of the following is not a characteristic of a FOLK TALE?
Came from generations orally passing them down
Speak to universal messages or themes
More often read than spoken
Tries to make sense of certain parts of different cultures.

Tags

CCSS.RL.1.10

CCSS.RL.2.2

CCSS.RL.3.2

CCSS.RL.K.5

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

How is a fairy tale different than a fable?
Only fables uses animals
Only fairy tales use magic
Only fairy tales have real people
Only fables teach a lesson.

Tags

CCSS.RL.1.10

CCSS.RL.2.2

CCSS.RL.3.2

CCSS.RL.K.5

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Which of the following would NOT be a reason for a myth to be written?
How did our world come to be?
Where does thunder come from?
Why is that person considered a hero?
Where do people go when they die?

Tags

CCSS.RL.4.9

CCSS.RL.8.9

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What is a legend?
Fictional stories about fake people
People who are currently alive and are really good at things
Based on real people, but aren't necessarily all true stories
Stories that try to explain how our world works.

Tags

CCSS.RL.4.9

CCSS.RL.8.9

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

What is not a characteristic about FABLES?
Passed down from generation to generation
Animals, plants, inanimate objects, or forces of nature which are given human qualities
Usually ends with a moral, or a short sentence with a lesson about life.
Were like science because they explained how natural events work.

Tags

CCSS.RL.1.10

CCSS.RL.2.2

CCSS.RL.3.2

CCSS.RL.K.5

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

There is only one story per culture for each fairy tale.
True
False

Tags

CCSS.RI.2.9

CCSS.RI.3.9

CCSS.RI.5.7

CCSS.RL.4.7

CCSS.RL.5.7

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Myths are usually set in times long ago, before real people even existed.
True
False

Tags

CCSS.RL.4.9

CCSS.RL.8.9

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