Literary Forms in the Bible

A wise saying is a 

• parable
• proverb
• psalm
• myth

Another name for a family tree is a

• myth
• proverb
• genealogy
• etiology

A story that tells the cause of something is a

• myth
• etiology
• genealogy
• call narrative

Tags

CCSS.RL.4.9

CCSS.RL.8.9

A sacred narrative telling how the world and humans came to be is a

• religious myth
• genealogy
• proverb
• parable

A genre is a 

• family tree
• wise saying
• style or type of writing
• extended comparison to teach a truth

A story that tells the reason the snake has no legs is an example of a

• proverb
• genealogy
• zoology
• etiology

A religious myth contains no truth.

• True
• False