Folktales Quiz

What term is used for a sacred narrative set in the primordial past?

• Etiological tale

• Fairytale

• Legend

• Myth

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CCSS.RL.4.9

CCSS.RL.8.9

What is a short folktale with a clearly stated moral known as?

• Etiological tale

• Fairytale

• Legend

• Fable

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CCSS.RL.1.10

CCSS.RL.2.2

CCSS.RL.3.2

CCSS.RL.K.5

Which term describes a story that attempts to explain why things are the way they are?

• Etiological tale

• Fairytale

• Legend

• Myth

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CCSS.RL.4.9

CCSS.RL.8.9

What is the term for a story that is usually set in reality and features well-rounded characters?

• Etiological tale

• Fairytale

• Legend

• Fable

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CCSS.RL.1.10

CCSS.RL.2.2

CCSS.RL.3.2

CCSS.RL.K.5

What term refers to when an author creates a story by altering an existing folktale?

• Oral Narrative

• Polygenesis

• Monogenesis

• Fracture

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CCSS.RL.1.10

CCSS.RL.2.2

CCSS.RL.3.2

CCSS.RL.K.5

What is the term for a folktale that originates in one cultural region and spreads over time?

• Oral Narrative

• Polygenesis

• Monogenesis

• Fracture

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CCSS.RL.1.10

CCSS.RL.2.2

CCSS.RL.3.2

CCSS.RL.K.5

What term is used when a folktale originates in many cultural regions?

• Oral Narrative

• Polygenesis

• Monogenesis

• Fracture

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CCSS.RL.1.10

CCSS.RL.2.2

CCSS.RL.3.2

CCSS.RL.K.5

Which term describes a story that is told, sung, or performed instead of written down?

• Oral Narrative

• Polygenesis

• Monogenesis

• Fracture

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CCSS.RI.8.10

CCSS.RI.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.11-12.10

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

What is a literary tale?

• A story told about events that are supposedly true

• An imaginary tale told for entertainment

• An exaggerated lie told for humorous effect

• A modern rendition of a folktale

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CCSS.RL.1.10

CCSS.RL.2.2

CCSS.RL.3.2

CCSS.RL.K.5

What is a tall tale?

• A story told about events that are supposedly true

• An imaginary tale told for entertainment

• An exaggerated lie told for humorous effect

• A modern rendition of a folktale

Tags

CCSS.RL.1.10

CCSS.RL.2.2

CCSS.RL.3.2

CCSS.RL.K.5