Folk Literature Vocabulary Quiz

A literary device used; an extreme exaggeration

• allusion

• irony

• hyperbole

• customs

Tags

CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.W.5.2D

CCSS.W.6.2D

CCSS.W.7.2D

A reference in literature to a famous person, place, event, or other piece of literature

• allusion

• hyperbole

• dialect

• custom

Tags

CCSS.L.7.5A

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

These stories were passed along by word of mouth from one generation to the next.

• legends

• fantasies

• fables

• all of the above

Tags

CCSS.L.3.4D

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

CCSS.L.9-10.4C

When an author gives human-like characteristics to something that is nonhuman

• personification

• phenomena

• characterization

• internal conflict

Tags

CCSS.L.6.5A

A type of Folk Lit that uses hyperboles; the story is based off of real-life events and the facts got twisted over the years. The main character usually accomplishes impossible feats.

• folk tales

• fables

• myths

• legends

Tags

CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.W.5.2D

CCSS.W.6.2D

fictional tales that explain actions of gods and heroes or explain natural phenomena

• folk tales

• fables

• myths

• legends

Tags

CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.W.5.2D

CCSS.W.6.2D

CCSS.W.7.2D

Storytellers often use this to add a realistic quality to the characters of a folk tale.

• personification

• irony

• dialect

• local customs

Tags

CCSS.RL.1.10

CCSS.RL.2.2

CCSS.RL.3.2

CCSS.RL.K.5

The passing along of stories by word of mouth from one generation to the next

• folk tales

• oral tradition

• fables

• myths

Tags

CCSS.RL.4.9

CCSS.RL.8.9

A story's message

• characters

• plot

• theme

• setting

Tags

CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.W.5.2D

CCSS.W.6.2D

A brief story with talking animals that teachers a lesson that is stated directly at the end

• fable

• myth

• legend

• fairy tale