LANGUAGE AND CULTURE

LINGUISTIC RELATIVITY

GENRE AND FIGURATIVE LANGUAGE

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Folktales
A
The stories are true and are about real things, people, events, and places
B
Stories that come from an oral tradition and are passed down from generation to generation.
C
Stories are made up by the author and are NOT true. Sometimes these can be “based on true events".
D
a play or script. designed to be performed or spoken out loud.
E
written in verse with a heavy focus on figurative language.
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Folk tales are part of an oral tradition, which means they originated in the era before literacy and are passed down verbally from generation to generation. Common types of folk tales include fairy tales, fables, trickster tales, and ‘why’ stories.

Detailed explanation-2: -Folktales are traditional stories that have been passed down orally for generations and perhaps centuries, long before they were ever written down. Because of this, there is no single correct version of most folktales, and many have lots of variations. Every country and culture around the world has its own folktales.

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