STAAR Vocabulary Practice Feb.11

What are folktales?

• Traditional stories passed down orally through generations

• Short stories with animal characters teaching a lesson

• Humorous, exaggerated stories told realistically

• Stories based on historical events

What is a fable?

• A story with a moral or lesson, often with animal characters

• A humorous, exaggerated story

• A story based on historical events

• A traditional story explaining how things came to be

What are tall tales?

• Humorous, exaggerated stories told in a realistic way

• Traditional stories explaining how things came to be

• Stories based on historical events

• Short stories with animal characters

What are legends?

• Stories based on historical events but exaggerated over time

• Traditional stories passed down orally

• Short stories with animal characters

• Humorous, exaggerated stories

What are myths?

• Traditional stories that explain how things came to be

• Humorous, exaggerated stories

• Stories based on historical events

• Short stories with animal characters

What is the exposition in a story?

• The beginning of the plot where characters and setting are introduced

• The turning point in the story

• The part of the plot following the climax

• The end of the story where the conflict is resolved

What is the climax in a story?

• The turning point in the story

• The beginning of the plot

• The part of the plot following the climax

• The end of the story where the conflict is resolved

What is drama?

• A literary work structured as a play with dialogue and stage directions

• A humorous, exaggerated story

• A traditional story explaining how things came to be

• A short story with animal characters

What is the term for a smaller part of the play within an act?

• Scene

• Stage directions

• Playwright

• Stanza

Who is responsible for writing a play?

• Director

• Playwright

• Actor

• Producer