The People Could Fly
Which element makes this story a folk tale?
It has characters with supernatural abilities
What might happen if you were to snag your pants on a nail.
The nails would rip a hole into your pants
What did the ones who could not fly do in the end?
They told the story to their children who eventually were free
What causes Sarah, the young man slave, and the others to fly away
Toby says the magic words from Africa
When did some of the people first have the ability to fly?
When they were free in Africa
Which metaphor is used to describe the Master of the plantation?
a hard lump of clay
Why did the people who could fly shed their wings and stop flying?
because they could not take their wings on the slave ships
What type of figurative language is in the phrase "She flew like an eagle"?
simile
To croon means to
sing softly
How would a person who shuffles be moving?
slowly