LITERATURE QUESTIONS
FOLK LITERATURE
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Question
[CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
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lessons about what is important to the culture of origin
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nothing really important
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lessons about mistakes people make
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music in the background while they are being told aloud
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Detailed explanation-1: -ABSTRACT Folktales help the community to maximize their strengths. They develop their weaknesses into strengths and threats into opportunities. As folktales are figurative in nature, their comparison with various facets of life is expressed metaphorically.
Detailed explanation-2: -Folktales were often employed to share a common history, to reinforce cultural values, or highlight important traditions. When people belonged to a tribe or lived in a small village, by necessity they needed to be able to get along well under a variety of circumstances and minimize conflict.
Detailed explanation-3: -Perhaps most importantly, folktales typically try to teach a lesson about right and wrong, which is called a moral. And this often involves a fight between good and evil.
Detailed explanation-4: -Generally speaking, folk tales originated among peasants and villagers without much formal education. These stories were shared among generations as a way of presenting everyday life lessons and useful information in an easy-to-understand format.