Wordly Wise Lesson 3 Quiz

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Before the invention of writing there could be no written record. This ______________ event marks the beginning of recorded history.

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CCSS.L.8.4A

CCSS.RI.8.4

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Before writing, most information was acquired by hearing it. Learning was ______________ by one person speaking to others who listened.

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CCSS.L.8.4A

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CCSS.RL.8.4

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We'll never know who first told the story of Cinderella. Scholars _____________ that such stories go far back in human prehistory.

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CCSS.L.8.4A

CCSS.RL.8.4

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Picture a group of cave dwellers sitting around a fire. Someone started to speak, and in the ________________ of the moment, perhaps the story was born.

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CCSS.L.8.4A

CCSS.RL.8.4

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Telling stories was a good way to exchange information. There could be hundreds of them, and they could __________________ all of human behavior.

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CCSS.L.8.4A

CCSS.L.8.4B

CCSS.RL.8.4

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Stories get passed on from parents to children. Each ______________ changes or adds a little so that the stories never stay quite the same.

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CCSS.L.8.4A

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.RL.8.4

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The outlines of most fairy tales remain unchanged. However, the details get _______________ as the story gets told and retold.

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CCSS.L.8.4B

CCSS.RL.8.4

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Evil is a strong presence in many fairy tales. The character with a nasty _________________ usually loses in the end.

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CCSS.L.8.4A

CCSS.RL.8.4

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Many tales offer comfort to the helpless. The victory of the weak over the strong is a _______________ theme in many stories.

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CCSS.L.8.4A

CCSS.RL.8.2

CCSS.RL.8.4

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In these stories, the weak are taught to use their brains. What they lack in strength, they must make up for with _____________.

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CCSS.RL.8.4