Myths & Folklore

What includes the stories, traditions, sayings, and customs of a culture or a society?

• folklore

• myths

• fables

What traditional stories that explain beliefs, customs, or natural phenomena through the actions of gods or heroes?

• folklore

• myths

• fables

What stories of animals, things, or natural forces that are given human characteristics which usually give a moral lesson?

• folklore

• myths

• fables

The sequence of events that make up a story is -

• plot

• conflict

• character

• theme

A struggle, problem, or obstacle in a story is -

• plot

• conflict

• character

• theme

People, animals, or imaginary creatures that take part in a story is -

• plot

• conflict

• character

• theme

A writer's central idea or main message about life is -

• conflict

• character

• theme

• symbol

An object, a person, or a place that stands for something else -

• theme

• symbol

• setting

• figurative language

The time and place in which a story takes place is -

• figurative language

• symbolism

• setting

• plot

When speech or writing is not literal, like when you say you have a million things to do, is -

• literal meaning

• symbolism

• figurative language

• setting