ELA flashcards

Question 1

What are folktales?

Answer 1

Folktales are stories that originate from popular culture. They usually teach lessons about right and wrong.

Question 2

What are tricksters?

Answer 2

Tricksters are usually main characters that try to outsmart other characters with their tricks.

Question 3

Humor

Answer 3

Humor is used by writers to amuse readers.

Question 4

Exaggeration

Answer 4

Extreme overstatements.

Question 5

Irony

Answer 5

A contrast in which reality is the opposite of what it seems to be.

Question 6

Mood

Answer 6

Mood is the feeling or atmosphere that a writer creates through descriptive words, imagery, and figurative language.

Question 7

Tone

Answer 7

How writers and tellers of tales express their attitude towards their subject.

Question 8

Scurry

Answer 8

Scurry means to move quickly, at a frenzied pace, and often also implies the urge to hide.
Ex: When you come upon a mouse in your house, chances are it will scurry away.

Question 9

Procession

Answer 9

A line or group of people moving together in a deliberate way is a procession.
Ex:A procession of mimes walking through the streets of your town would be surprising and somewhat terrifying.

Question 10

Dignified

Answer 10

Dignified means self-respecting and worthy.
Ex:If you want to have a dignified memorial service, skip the karaoke machine and instead softly play the favorite music of the person you’re remembering.

Question 11

Upright

Answer 11

something that’s upright stands straight up.
Ex:When you sit upright, your back is straight and vertical. Even your grandmother would approve of your posture.

Question 12

Scurry-Diction

Answer 12

Verb

Question 13

Procession-Diction

Answer 13

Noun

Question 14

Dignified-Diction

Answer 14

Verb

Question 15

Upright-Diction

Answer 15

Adjective/Adverb

Question 16

Paragraph 3-Predict-What do you think will happen next?

Answer 16

Due to the delicious smell of the chicken leg, Goha’s wife will eat the Chicken leg.

Question 17

Paragraph 5-Put yourself in the wife’s situation. How would you handle the problem?

Answer 17

I would handle the problem by owning up to my own actions.

Question 18

How does this folktales setting help shape plot events?

Answer 18

Goha being at the butchers shop early on helps foreshadow the butcher solving the conflict later on.

Question 19

In paragraph 5, what moment of discovery causes Goha’s wife to lie to Goha about the calf’s legs? Explain.

Answer 19

When the text states:”And suddenly there was nothing more to taste. She had eaten the entire calf’s leg!”

Question 20

Reread the couple’s argument in paragraphs 8–14. What impact does the author’s repetition of certain words and phrases have on tone?

Answer 20

It helps with the tone the author wants the reader to know they are going for and the mood of the story in the current time that the couple is fighting.

Question 21

How do the characters’ traits shape the plot of this story?

Answer 21

1.Cause:The chicken leg smell extremely good Effect:The wife eats the chicken leg
2.Cause:The crowd passes by the butchers shop Effect:The butcher is able to reveal Goha is correct
3.Cause:Goha buys from the butcher in the beginning Effect:The butcher can solve the conflict by revealing the truth.

Question 22

Effect of setting on plot

Answer 22

Setting can help foreshadow later moments in the plot.

Question 23

Repeitition of words

Answer 23

Repetition of words can help express the tone more of the author in the given situation.

Question 24

How the character’s traits shape plot

Answer 24

Based on an characters actions, it can help shape the plot, and a characters actions can usually come from their traits.

Question 25

Two life lessons of the story

Answer 25

1.Don’t lie and tell the truth
2.Think before you act

Question 26

Glossary

Answer 26

Ex:procession (prəˈseSH(ə)n) n. In a procession, people or things
move along in an orderly and serious way
Procession:Entry word
(prəˈseSH(ə)n):pronunciation
n/noun:part of speech
“In a procession, people or things
move along in an orderly and serious way.”:Definition

Question 27

Commas

Answer 27

A punctuation mark (,) indicating a pause between parts of a sentence. Also used for words in a list.

Question 28

Figurative Language

Answer 28

Sentences that do not actually mean what they are saying/Figurative
Ex:Hold your horses OR Break a leg

Question 29

Essential Question:What can blur the lines between whats real and whats not?

Answer 29

Hallucinations, visions, thoughts, etc.