LITERATURE QUESTIONS
NATIVE AMERICAN LITERATURE
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[CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
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frequent use of dialogue
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descriptions of violent action
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talking animals and a monster
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static characters and a vague setting
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an explanation of how things are the way they are
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Detailed explanation-1: -This story tells how Coyote made the different people, including the Nez Perce, and how certain animals came to look as they do today. Without Coyote’s cleverness in outwitting the monster, the people and animals today would still be imprisoned in the Monster’s belly.
Detailed explanation-2: -Terms in this set (77) A story that explains how objects or events in the natural world resulted from the action of a supernatural force or being is called a. myth.
Detailed explanation-3: -Coyote is a key figure in Navajo mythology, representing both good and evil, humans and gods, and of course animals. He is unpredictable and am-bivalent, a characteristic of all these beings.
Detailed explanation-4: -A major example of this is the origin of humans. In the Osage Creation Account, humans reside in the sky until the mythical Elk helps the human rid water from the landmasses that they would eventually inhabit.