Read the excerpt from "My Lord Bag of Rice."

He had only gone a few steps when he heard some one calling him from behind. On turning back he was much surprised to see that the monster dragon had entirely disappeared and in its place was a strange-looking man, who was bowing most ceremoniously to the ground. His red hair streamed over his shoulders and was surmounted by a crown in the shape of a dragon's head, and his sea-green dress was patterned with shells. Hidesato knew at once that this was no ordinary mortal and he wondered much at the strange occurrence.

What element of a folktale does this excerpt contain?

a description of everyday life

a character who plays a trick

a lesson about human behavior

a detail about how a tradition began

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King Kirby

14 May, 09:33

Read the excerpt from "My Lord Bag of Rice."

He had only gone a few steps when he heard some one calling him from behind. On turning back he was much surprised to see that the monster dragon had entirely disappeared and in its place was a strange-looking man, who was bowing most ceremoniously to the ground. His red hair streamed over his shoulders and was surmounted by a crown in the shape of a dragon's head, and his sea-green dress was patterned with shells. Hidesato knew at once that this was no ordinary mortal and he wondered much at the strange occurrence.

What element of a folktale does this excerpt contain?

a description of everyday life

a character who plays a trick

a lesson about human behavior

a detail about how a tradition began

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Quinten Cruz · Answer 1

Answer: I would contend that the right answer is actually the B) A character who plays a trick.

Explanation: Just to elaborate a little on the answer, it can be added that monster dragons and men in sea-green dresses patterned with shells do not appear often in everyday life, so option A should be discarded. In addition, the excerpt does not contain a lesson about human behaviour and it does explain the origin of a tradition. The right answer is, therefore, the B. Hidesato had first seen a monster dragon, but it soon disappeared and was replaced by a "strange-looking" man. This suggests that the character was performing a trick, and tricks-animals acting like humans, for instance-are a feature of this type of tale.