LINGUISTIC RELATIVITY
GENRE AND FIGURATIVE LANGUAGE
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Question
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The Fountain of Youth retold by Juan de LeónAccording to many tales passed down over the ages, there is a fountain that supposedly restores the youth of anyone who drinks or bathes in its waters. In this text Juan de León discusses many accounts of the waters of life and theorizes as to the location of such a spring.
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Informational
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Legend
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Tall Tale
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Historical Fiction
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -Indians spoke of a legendary, magical spring whose water was believed to make older people young again. Ponce de León explored many areas, including the Bahamas and Bimini, for both gold and the mythical fountain, but he never found either.
Detailed explanation-2: -How did this myth about the Spanish explorer even get its start? Half a millennium ago, in 1513, the Spanish explorer Juan Ponce de León departed Puerto Rico for the verdant island of “Bimini”-an uncharted land in what is now the Bahamas.
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