Traditional Literature Quiz

What is traditional literature?

• a genre based in oral tradition
• a genre giving information about real people

• a story with facts and examples

Which of the following are examples of traditional literature?

• fables, fairy tales, biographies, myths

• fairy tales, myths, legends, nonfiction, and fables

• fables, fairy tales, myths, legends, folktales, and tall tales

• poetry, fables, myths, legends, fairy tales

Traditional literature is a group of ​____________ stories passed down through ​generations.

• narrative
• animal

• nonfiction

Authors write traditional literature to

• persuade

• inform

• entertain

• describe

Type of traditional literature that includes exaggerated events, combines facts and fiction and don't claim to be exact retellings of events.

• myth

• legend

• fairy tale

Type of folktale that often tells a story of good vs evil. There is usually magic and royal characters.

• tall tale

• myth

• legend

• fairy tale

Which is not one of the universal themes we talked about?

• Good vs Evil

• Rich vs. Poor

• Tall vs. Short

• Weak vs. Strong

What is the central message?

• a theme

• a myth

• a legend

• the main idea

Which of the following has only 2-3 talking animals as characters, is very short and usually has a stated moral or lesson stated at the end?

• fairy tale

• legend

• fable

• myth

A story passed down through many generations through oral retelling and often easy to recite or retell from memory is a _____________ .

• folktale

• fable

• fairy tale

• tall tale