"The Hare and the Tortoise" & "Orpheus and Eurydice" Review

A story from long ago that explains why something in nature happens is called a ___________.

• moral

• fable

• poem

• myth

When writers create animal characters with human traits, this is called _____________.

• moralization

• humanization

• personification

• trait giving

A short story that teaches a lesson, such as "The Hare and the Tortoise", is called a ___________.

• tale

• fable

• proverb

• stanza

In a short story that teaches a lesson, the lesson is called the ___________.

• moral

• refrain

• fable

• myth

Myths often try to explain how and why something in __________ came into existence.

• mysteries

• morals

• personifications

• nature

The sentence The tree's branches danced in the wind is an example of ____________.

• rhyme

• humanization

• moralization

• personification

Which word means "meetings, sometimes unexpected"?

• insights

• evident

• encounters

• outcome

Which word means "easily seen or understood"?

• encounters

• evident

• insights

• outcome

Which word means "clear or deep understandings of situations"?

• instruction

• encounters

• outcome

• insights

Which word means "a result; end"?

• evident

• encounters

• outcome

• insights