Unit 1: Two Legs or One

Question 1

Folktales

Answer 1

Stories passed along by word of mouth from generation to generation.

Question 2

Trickster

Answer 2

A character who goes against acceptable behavior and attempts to fool another character, often for selfish reasons.

Question 3

Humor

Answer 3

Writers use humor to amuse readers.

Question 4

Infer

Answer 4

To make guesses about what is humorous about a character’s actions by connecting the actions to their own experiences.

Question 5

Exaggeration

Answer 5

An extreme overstatement.

Question 6

Irony

Answer 6

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

Question 7

Mood

Answer 7

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

Question 8

Tone

Answer 8

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

Question 9

Scurry

Answer 9

To hurry along with light footsteps.

Question 10

Upright

Answer 10

Someone or something that sits or stands in a strictly vertical position.

Question 11

Procession

Answer 11

During a procession, people or things move along in an orderly and serious way.

Question 12

Dignified

Answer 12

Someone or something that has or shows honor and respect.

Question 13

Commas

Answer 13

Commas show readers which words and phrases go together and indicate which part of a sentence is most important.