NATIVE AMERICAN LITERATURE TEST

Question 1

a symbol, story pattern, or character type that is found in the literature of many cultures

Answer 1

ARCHETYPE

Question 2

the repetition of words or phrases in a group of sentences, clauses, or poetic lines.

Answer 2

ANAPHORA

Question 3

a supernatural mytho-religious story or explanation that describes the beginnings of humanity, earth, life, and

Answer 3

CREATION MYTH

Question 4

the occurrence of the same letter or sound at the beginning of adjacent or closely connected words.

Answer 4

alliteration
exp:“Good grief” and “red rose”

Question 5

a metaphor that is developed in great detail. The amount of detail can vary from that of a sentence or a paragraph, to encompassing an entire work.

Answer 5

extende meathpor
exp:You’re a snake! Everything you hiss out of your mouth is a lie. You frighten children, and

Question 6

Folk literature includes folk tales, myths, fables, and legends passed orally from one generation to the next

Answer 6

FOLKTALES
For example, folktales about clever “tricksters

Question 7

is a figure of speech that compares two otherwise dissimilar things, often introduced by the words like or as

Answer 7

SIMILIE

Question 8

is when a word is used in place of another to suggest a likeness (‘you are a summer’s day’).

Answer 8

metaphor

Question 9

a decorative design or pattern.

Answer 9

MOTIF
EXP:every time two characters are in conflict, it is raining outside:

Question 10

something used for or regarded as representing something else; a material object representing something, often something immaterial; emblem, token, or sign.

Answer 10

SYMBOL

Question 11

WHAT ARE the different types of native american literature/

Answer 11

folktales, myths, and oral histories

Question 12

Summary explaining the world on the turtle back?

Answer 12

Iroquois Creation Story & Myth | Summary & Interpretations …
According to the Iroquois creation story, the world was created when the pregnant Sky Woman fell from the floating island in the sky, down to the vast ocean underneath. Birds and fish already existed, and they helped Sky Woman create the Earth, by giving her soil to put on a giant turtle’s back. th

Question 13

Summary explaining the constustion of the Iroquois nations?

Answer 13

dekanawidh explains the great peace and the constustoin and how it is important to be structured together

Question 14

Summary explaining the summer of the black widows

Answer 14

the elders respect the spiders
archetype -spiders
anaphora-stories
extended metaphor- stories= spiders
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Question 15

Summary explaining the WAY TO rINY MOUNATIN

Answer 15

A MAN RETURNED TO RAINY MOUNTAINS BECAUSE OF HIS GRANDMA