Unit 6 Literarure Test

Question 0

What category does folktales belong to?

Answer 0

Folklore

Question 1

What is a folktale?

Answer 1

A story that was told by generations of storytellers before it was ever written down

Question 2

What is a story in which a character, often an animal, outsmarts an enemy?

Answer 2

Trickster

Question 3

What is a story about the origins, or beginnings, of something nature?

Answer 3

Origin story

Question 4

What is a story with magical beings who change the lives of ordinary people?

Answer 4

Fairy tale

Question 5

What is a fantasy story about an amazing event or a hero’s amazing accomplishment?

Answer 5

Legend

Question 6

What is a story about gods and goddesses and how they were involved in making things the way they are today?

Answer 6

Myth

Question 7

What is the main idea, or message of a story?

Answer 7

Theme

Question 8

What is a person or animal in a story? If it is an animal it displays human qualities and behavior.

Answer 8

Character

Question 9

What is a reference to something that has special importance of meaning for a particular group of people?

Answer 9

Cultural allusions

Question 10

What is a variation of language spoken by a particular group of people, usually within a certain region?

Answer 10

Dialect

Question 11

What is theme?

Answer 11

It is the main idea or message of a story, poem, novel, or play. It is the message that the writer must wants to communicate. It is the main idea of the story.

Question 12

What is solitude?

Answer 12

The state of being alone

Question 13

What is a accumulate?

Answer 13

To increase gradually

Question 14

What is conspicuous?

Answer 14

Quite noticeable

Question 15

What is raucous?

Answer 15

Loud and rough sounding

Question 16

What is insolently?

Answer 16

In a boldly rude manner

Question 17

What is simultaneously?

Answer 17

At the same time

Question 18

What is reformation?

Answer 18

Change for the better

Question 19

What is cynically?

Answer 19

In a way that shows doubt

Question 20

What is neglected?

Answer 20

Ignored; not cared for

Question 21

What is frequently?

Answer 21

Often

Question 22

A character’s __________ is the reason he or she does something

Answer 22

Motivation

Question 23

_________ __________ change throughout the story

Answer 23

Dynamic characters

Question 24

_______ _______ stay the same

Answer 24

Static characters

Question 25

What is worthwhile?

Answer 25

Having value or goodness

Question 26

What is diagnosis?

Answer 26

A doctor's identification of a problem

Question 27

What is a setback?

Answer 27

An unexpected difficulty of stop in progress

Question 28

When a writer mentions, or alludes to, something important to particular group of people it is _______ _______

Answer 28

Cultural allusions

Question 29

What is whimsical?

Answer 29

Light and natural; not serious

Question 30

What is disruptions?

Answer 30

Unwanted breaks of interruptions

Question 31

What is scurrying?

Answer 31

Running or moving quickly or excitedly

Question 32

What is regretfully?

Answer 32

In a way that shows sorrow, distress, or disappointment

Question 33

What is an omen?

Answer 33

A sign or event thought to predict good or bad fortune

Question 34

What is frustration?

Answer 34

Irritation at being kept from doing or achieving something

Question 35

In ______, words may have different pronunciations, forms, and meanings, than the same words have in the standard language. ______ can also be mixing words from two languages

Answer 35

Dialect

Question 36

What is a sorcerer?

Answer 36

A person who practices magic with the help of spirits

Question 37

What is taunt?

Answer 37

To make fun of in a mean way

Question 38

What is gnarled?

Answer 38

Rough, twisted, and knotty

Question 39

What is potions?

Answer 39

Drinks that are supposed to have magical powers