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                                                                 ANCIENT STORIES    How is the language in this text similar to and/or different from the language you use in everyday conversation?    A: It is different from the language we use in everyday conversation is the talking animals. It can be similar in people discussing different ways to solve a problem or help someone when all the animals wanted to help the woman that fell from the sky.  Because it began as an oral story, "Earth on Turtle's Back" can be found in multiple text versions.  How important is it for a story to be repeated word for word?  Is meaning embellished, distorted, lost, or enhanced in the retelling? A: It is important for a story to be repeated word for word because then it wouldn't be the original vision the first author had and by leaving something that you think is so small and doesn't matter can change the whole story altogether. No it is not in the retelling [

                                                                   NOTES FROM THIS WEEK               8-16-16 THEME: central message TONE: the author's attitude towards the characters, the topic, and the audience MOOD: what the reader feels                                                              THE RIGHT TO YOUR OPINION TRUTH: is that which can be factually verified in the world    SYLLOGISM: logs VALIDITY: is a test of reason

                                                   The Earth On The Turtles Back i really liked how the animals all tried to help the Skyland women even though she wasn't one of them but what i didn't understand was how that bit of earth became the whole world.