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What is a _______ ? Name that Literary Device! Terminology $100 $200 $300 $400 $500 $100 $200 $300 $400 $500 $300 $400 $500 Cinderella Stories Literary Devices
Human qualities given to animals or things.
What is personification?
The lesson taught by a story.
What is a moral?
An extravagantly exaggerated detail that helps a story come to life.
What is hyperbole?
Term for when what happens is the opposite of what is expected.
What is irony?
Clues that an author gives to hint at what is coming later in the story.
What is foreshadowing?
A short story with talking animals that teach a lesson.
What is a fable?
It features a clever, but dishonest, character.
What is a trickster tale?
It contains many exaggerated details.
What is a tall tale?
In our society, this type of tale usually has Greek or Roman gods as main characters.
What is a myth?
This type of tale explains how something came to be.
What is a pourquoi tale?
Cinderella stories are an example of this genre of folktales.
What is a fairy tale?
An object that plays an important role in some Cinderella stories, but not others.
What is a slipper?
They are the antagonists in The Egyptian Cinderella.
Who are Kipa and the other servant girls?
A character trait that the Cinderella character demonstrates in all four stories.
What is kindness or caring?
The names of the four Cinderella stories we read.
What are Yeh-Shen, The Egyptian Cinderella, Mufaro’s Beautiful Daughters, and The Rough-Face Girl?
Rhodopis, Nyasha, the Rough-Face Girl
Who are protagonists?
“Mile high ice cream.” “I’m older than the hills.”
What are examples of hyperbole?
“The wind stood up and gave a shout. It whistled on two fingers.”
What is an example of personification?
“Slow and steady wins the race.” “Don’t be fooled by flattery.” “Never cry wolf.”
What is an example of a moral?
Fantasy, Mystery, and Poetry
What are some genres?
The time and place in which a story occurs.
What is the setting?
A story passed down through generations through oral storytelling.
What is a folktale?
The main character in a story.
Who is the protagonist?
The person who causes trouble for the main character in a story.
Who is the antagonist?
The name for the categories of folktales.
What are genres?
Make your wager
A reason that the Cinderella tale and characters keep reappearing all over the globe over the centuries.
What are (1) merchants traveling port to port and sharing stories, (2) written recordings in early civilizations, and (3) popular story (good will prevail over evil) that endures the test of time?