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WorksheetsAmerican Folklore Review
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 10mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
What is the correct term for a long narrative poem about a larger-than-life hero?
a)
tall-tale
b)
myth
c)
epic
d)
fable
2.
Which of the following is an example of idiom?
a)
She is as tall as a giraffe.
b)
I am as hungry as a horse.
c)
The wind whistled through the trees.
d)
It was raining cats and dogs.
3.
How did American Folklore begin?
a)
Oral Tradition
b)
Epic Themes
c)
Ancient Epics
d)
Greek and Roman Mythology
4.
What is an exaggeration or an overstatement called.
a)
idiom
b)
hyperbole
c)
personification
d)
legend
5.
Which of the following terms names a kind of literature that uses hyperbole?
a)
personification
b)
quests
c)
tall tales
d)
fables
6.
In this excerpt from Tom Sawyer, what is the author trying to imitate?
"But of course you'd druther work-wouldn't you?"
"But of course you'd druther work-wouldn't you?"
a)
conflict
b)
moral
c)
theme
d)
dialect
7.
Harriet Tubman, Ruby Bridges, Rosa Parks are all examples of:
a)
heros
b)
heroines
c)
fables
d)
myths
8.
Spiderman, Superman, Batman, all are examples of fictional_________.
a)
heros
b)
heroines
c)
myths
d)
fables
9.
The central message or insight about life is called:
a)
theme
b)
infer
c)
moral
d)
analyze
10.
When you are talking with your friends, you are using what kind of speech?
a)
formal
b)
informal
11.
Bre'r Rabbit, The Tortise and The Hare, Alice in Wonderland, Curious George, are examples of what type of American Folklore?
a)
fables
b)
myths
c)
legends
d)
epics
12.
Tom Sawyer and Br'er Rabbit are also found in what type of tales?
a)
Fairy
b)
Tall
c)
Trickery
d)
Mythological
13.
What does infer mean?
a)
break it down
b)
annotate on text
c)
read between the lines
d)
summerize
14.
The events in a story:
a)
plot
b)
conflict
c)
character
d)
setting
15.
Some stories are told to teach you a lesson about life. What is that lesson known as?
a)
theme
b)
conflict
c)
moral
d)
understatement
16.
Retelling the main points of a story in 3-5 sentences is known as _________________.
a)
summarizing
b)
retelling
c)
skimming
d)
analyzing
17.
Annotating on a text helps us:
a)
hyperbole
b)
analyze the text
c)
draw pictures
d)
locate the hero
18.
Analyze means:
a)
Read carefully
b)
Annotate on text
c)
Break it down
d)
Infer
19.
Mythology is defined as:
a)
Study of Folklore
b)
Study of Folk Tales
c)
Study of Folk Stories
d)
All of these
20.
Hercules, Zeus, Poseidon, Hades, Aphrodieti, Ares, are all examples of;
a)
Fable
b)
Myth
c)
legend
d)
inference
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