Folktales and Figurative Language

Folktales are stories that have been passed down from one generation to the next.

• True

• False

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A type of folktale with personified animal characters that teaches a moral is a ________________.

• legend

• myth

• fable

• fairy tale

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This type of folktale features magic, castles, royalty, and the characters live happily ever after.

• myths

• fairy tales

• legends

• tall tales

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This type of story includes supernatural beings like gods and goddesses. Also, it often explains something in nature.

• myths

• tall tales

• fairy tales

• fables

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This type of story includes hyperbole and a character that is larger than life.

• folktales

• fairy tales

• fables

• tall tales

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This type of folktale often explains how something in nature came to be such as why evergreen trees stay verdant year round.

• fables

• myths

• fairy tales

• legends

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CCSS.RL.4.9

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What is the academic word for "a great exaggeration"?

• simile

• metaphor

• hyperbole

• alliteration

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"As straight as an arrow" is an example of what?

• hyperbole

• simile

• metaphor

• personification

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"The lucky lady laughs" is an example of __________.

• hyperbole

• metaphor

• simile

• alliteration

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"The city is a jungle" is an example of _______________.

• personification

• metaphor

• simile

• alliteration

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