Contoh Soal Learning about Folklore , Generic Structure and Characteristics
Contoh Soal Learning about Folklore , Generic Structure and Characteristics - It tells us about how people struggle with their anxieties in their lives. The theme and events found in the folktale are based on real life events. People can relate their life problems with the imagination and moral message contained in the folktale. The social function of a folktale is to amuse or entertain the listeners or readers with a good story and tell them a social message how to deal with problems in life.
Generic Structure
Folktale is told in chronological order. The plot is interesting yet simple telling the conflicts which ended with how good defeats the bad. The following is the generic structure of a folktale:
Characteristics
- Since folktale is a story that is told through speech over many years, the tense used in the text is past tense. It can be simple past tense, past continuous tense, or past perfect tense.
- It usually has two kinds of characters, the good and the bad who has special abilities.
- The place is not described in detail yet fits the typical characteristics of the story setting.
- Time is in the past (long ago) or fantasy time (once upon a time).
- The plot is simple, interesting, and fast-moving to keep the readers or listeners interest.
- The theme is usually universal value which is related closely to them, so people can grab the moral value and apply it in their real life.
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The social function of a folktale is ….
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The place setting of a folktale is in the form of ....
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You may find the followings as the time setting of a folktale, except ….
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The stage of a folktale where the writer states the message or social value of the story is ….
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The stage where the main conflict between the good and the bad of a folktale arises is ….
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The stage where the main conflict between the good and the bad of a folktale is resolved is called .…
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The correct order of the generic structure of a folktale is ….
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The tense used in a folktale is ….
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The events in a folktale are written in a simple and fast-moving way because .…
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The following theme can be the theme of a folktale, except .…