LITERATURE QUESTIONS
FOLK LITERATURE
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Question
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Folk tales are usually oral traditions before being written down.
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true
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false
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Either A or B
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None of the above
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -Oral tradition, or oral lore, is a form of human communication wherein knowledge, art, ideas and cultural material is received, preserved, and transmitted orally from one generation to another. The transmission is through speech or song and may include folktales, ballads, chants, prose or poetry.
Detailed explanation-2: -folk literature, also called folklore or oral tradition, the lore (traditional knowledge and beliefs) of cultures having no written language.
Detailed explanation-3: -Generally folktales are considered both by tellers and listeners as purely fictional.
Detailed explanation-4: -which statement is true of an oral tradition? it is recited from memory rather than written.
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