Storytelling Assessment

TRUE or FALSE. Storytelling predates writing.

• True

• False

What were the earliest forms of storytelling?

• rock art and dancing

• music and paintings

• oral with gestures and expressions

• singing with drawings on the wall

What does storytelling enhance?

• interaction, communication, dream

• plot, characters, dramatic question

• entertainment, education, values

• imagination, creativity, inspiration

What may have served as a form of storytelling for many ancient cultures as some archaeologists believe?

• music

• dance

• rock art

• gestures

TRUE or FALSE. We create mental images when we do storytelling.

• True

• False

• Maybe

• It does not say.

This was what people did as a major communal activity many hundreds of years ago.

• singing and dancing

• painting symbols on walls

• doing complex tattoos

• gathering and telling stories

What do you mean by 'storytelling predates writing'?

• Storytelling is there before writing.

• Writing is there before storytelling.

• Storytelling is more important than writing.

• Writing is more important than storytelling.

Which of the following is a key element of storytelling?

• A) Plot

• B) Grammar

• C) Syntax

• D) Punctuation

What is the primary purpose of storytelling in ancient cultures?

• A) Entertainment

• B) Education

• C) Communication

• D) All of the above

TRUE or FALSE. Storytelling can be used to convey cultural values.

• A) True

• B) False

• C) Sometimes

• D) Rarely