Exploring Lit Unit 2 part 1

Myths are simiar to fables because they both:

• Started as oral traditions

• Usually use animals as the main characters

• Both always include a life lesson

• Usually have flat characters

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CCSS.RL.4.9

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Myths are different than fables because they:

• Have characters that are well-described and grow in the story

• Almost always have humans as the main heroes

• Are part of a culture's religion

• Have characters with spuer natural or super human powers

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CCSS.RL.4.9

CCSS.RL.8.9

_______ explain what people don't understand about the natural world.

• Flat characters

• Fables

• Heroes

• Myths

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CCSS.RL.4.9

CCSS.RL.8.9

In myths, the hero of the story is:

• The leading character

• The one who wins battles

• The one with the hardest to pronounce name

• The tallest

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CCSS.RL.4.9

CCSS.RL.8.9

A MYTH is:

• A lie

• A figure of speech

• A story often part of a culture's religion

• The series of events in a story

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CCSS.RL.4.9

CCSS.RL.8.9

A _______ is a figue of speech that uses LIKE or AS to compare two things.

• Verb

• Noun

• Plot

• Simile

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CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

The _______ is a specific type of literature or music.

• Setting

• Plot

• Genre

• Myth

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CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

Which of t hese is an example of a simile?

• Gary slithered away.

• Gary moved like a snake.

• Gary was a snake

• The snake ate Gary.

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CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.11-12.9

Which of these stories are Greek myths?

• Loki and the Master Builder

• The Beginning and the End of the World

• Prometheus

• The Moon Spirit and Coyote Woman

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CCSS.RL.4.9

CCSS.RL.8.9

FILL IN THE BLANK:

Unlike the animal characters in fables, the characters in (a)   are usually gods, goddesses, and heroes.

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CCSS.RL.4.9

CCSS.RL.8.9