Win it All

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Against the Clock Folk Literature Review
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Directions

• Its time to review the literary terms from the
  folk literature unit!
• This game contains a series of twenty questions.
  You will have twenty seconds to race against the
  clock and answer each question correctly.
• Good Luck! Dont let the clock beat you!

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Question 1

• The saying You can lead a horse to water, but
  you cant make it drink is an example of what?

parable
fable
proverb
folk song
proverb
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Question 2

• What do you call the stories passed down through
  generations that are often based on real events
  or characters from long ago?

legends
folk tales
parables
fables
legends
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Question 3

• The Odyssey is an example of what type of folk
  literature?

tall tale
legend
folk tale
epic
epic
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Question 4

• What is the term for a story, character, motif,
  or theme that represents a familiar pattern
  repeated throughout literature and across
  cultures?

epithet
archetype
invocation
in medias res
archetype
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Question 5

• What do you call stories, such as Cinderella,
  that deal with mischievous spirits and other
  supernatural occurrences?

fairy tales
folk tales
fables
tall tales
fairy tales
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Question 6

• Which word from mythology means someone who
  wants to bring about vengeance?

nemesis
epithet
trickster
meander
nemesis
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Question 7

• What are traditional stories, rooted in
  particular cultures, that deal with gods and
  supernatural beings as well as human heroes?

legends
myths
epics
fables
myths
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Question 8

• What is the term for any element that occurs in
  one or more works of literature or art?

symbol
invocation
motif
epithet
motif
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Question 9

• In an epic, what is the term for when the
  narrator starts with a plea to the Muse, or
  goddess of poetry, for inspiration?

epic simile
narcissism
epithet
invocation
invocation
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Question 10

• What are very brief stories told to teach moral
  lessons?

parables
folk tales
fables
myths
parables
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Question 11

• What are brief stories passed by word of mouth
  from generation to generation?

folk tales
myths
parables
tall tales
folk tales
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Question 12

• Which word means to love oneself?

narcissism
stoicism
invocation
in medias res
narcissism
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Question 13

• What do you call traditional or composed songs
  typically made up of stanzas, a refrain, and a
  simple melody?

mythical songs
folk songs
epic songs
lullabies
folk songs
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Question 14

• Who is credited with composing The Iliad and The
  Odyssey?

Walker Brents
Zitkala-Sa
Homer
Jacob and Wilhem Grimm
Homer
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Question 15

• What are brief descriptive phrases that emphasize
  an important characteristic of a person or thing?

epic similes
metaphors
invocations
epithets
epithets
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Question 16

• What are religious songs from the
  African-American folk tradition?

mythical songs
spirituals
divinities
parables
spirituals
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Question 17

• What is the term for when the narrator begins
  telling the tale in the middle of things, and
  fills in earlier details later?

stoicism
archetype
invocation
in medias res
in medias res
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Question 18

• What is a brief story, often with animal
  characters, told to express morals?

tall tale
legend
fable
parable
fable
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Question 19

• What is a lighthearted or humorous folk tale that
  often contains highly exaggerated, unrealistic
  elements?

tall tale
legend
fairy tale
folk tale
tall tale
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Question 20

• A(n) _____, who is either an animal or a
  shape-shifter, is a cunning or deceptive
  character who not only annoys the gods, but is
  also often responsible for bringing important
  gifts to humanity.

character
trickster
antagonist
epithet
trickster
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Well done! Youve completed all of the
questions!
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