Native American Lit Unit

Which of the following best describes American lit?

• written in America

• the written or literary work produced in the area of the US

• art by an American

• poems, stories etc. that reflect culture

Why does the historical perspective of American lit being with Native Americans even though they didn't have a written language?

• lit doesn't need to be written down, just passed down

• lit tells history

• lit includes all works

• American lit includes all works created in America and it's preceding colonies - it reveals history and culture even oral tradition

What is the main purpose of a creation myth?

• explain the unexplainable

• tell where life came from

• tell of customs and institutions

• tell how something started

In The Earth on the Turtles Back, what words identify this as an origin/creation myth?

• It stretched as far as one could see

• Far above in the clouds there was skyland

• in that water there were birds and animals swimming around

• before this Earth existed

Literature mirrors the culture that produces it

• True

• False

In Turtles, who brought the Earth back to existence?

• animals an the sky

• sky women

• Sky Chief

• the big tree

In Turtles how did the marks get on the turtles back?

• muskrats paw

• piece of earth that fell

• two swans

• sky woman's seed

In Turtles what does the muskrat symbolize?

• aggressiveness

• determination

• selfishness

• obedience

What words in When Grizzlies Walked Upright reveal it to be a creation myth?

• The chief grew tired

• he carved a hole in the sky

• before there were people on earth

• he made a great mound

By the animals talking in the myths - what literary device is being used?

• hyperbole
• simile
• personification
• metaphor