A "Legend" Is Best Understood as

question 18

Multiple Choice

A "legend" is best understood as

• A) a story that starts from an originally historical event that grows into unbelievable proportions over time.
• B) a fictional narrative about historical figures told to entertain, teach a moral, and/or explain why things are as they are.
• C) a narrative that is mostly historically accurate but has been altered to teach a moral and/or to explain the world.
• D) a story about God or the gods and their activities that tries to make sense of the world and our place in it.

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Definitions:

Analytical Intelligence

One aspect of Robert Sternberg's triarchic theory of intelligence, involving the ability to analyze, evaluate, judge, compare, and contrast.

Linguistic Intelligence

The ability to think in words and to use language to express and appreciate complex meanings, including sensitivity to the meanings of words, order among words, and sound, rhythms, inflections, and meter of words.

Creative Intelligence

The capacity to solve problems and produce new products, concepts, or artworks through novel or imaginative processes.

Linguistic Intelligence

The ability to use language effectively, including skills in reading, writing, speaking, and understanding.