LITERATURE QUESTIONS
NATIVE AMERICAN LITERATURE
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Question
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The grizzly bears ability to talk in “When Grizzlies Walked Upright” is an example of what type of figurative language?
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simile
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metaphor
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hyperbole
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personification
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -When Grizzlies walked upright is a legend from the Modoc tribe retold by Richard Erdoes and Alfonzo Ortiz. The theme of the Story: Beliefs shape Behaviors. I believe this story supports the theme by showing that the beliefs the people had shaped the way they lived. Their superstitions overrode their rationalization.
Detailed explanation-2: -The two tales differ in their attitude towards nature because in the Navajo tale it was the wind that brought humans to existence, while in the tale of the grizzlies, the Gods able to give life to anything they touched.
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