Answer:
Factual detail: The folks were full of misery, then. Got sick with the up and down of the sea.
Fictional detail: The ones that could fly shed their wings. They couldn't take their wings across the water on the slave ships.
Explanation:
'The People Could Fly' is a book authored by Virginia Hamilton which consists of twenty four folk tales regarding animals, fairy tales, tales related to supernatural and so on.
From the passage, we can one out that it consist of details which are factual and which aren't true. The line, '"The ones that could fly shed their wings. They couldn't take their wings across the water on the slave ships" is a fictional one mainly because in reality, people cannot really fly.
Another detail from the passage which says 'The folks were full of misery, then. Got sick with the up and down of the sea' is a factual detail. This is because folks where taken from their home on ships, and there is a likelyhood of sea sickness for many people who travel on ship.
Native Americans had grown corn for more than 2000 years. They ate it and used it to brew beer way before the Europeans landed on America on the late 15th century, led by Christopher Columbus.
When the settlers arrived to the West Indies, they were offered corn by the Native American Indians. They learned how to grow it, took seeds back with them and introduced it in Europe.
Answer:
The ironic part is where it says "thought we were going to have to get on without you, tessie"
Explanation:
This only becomes ironic after the reader has finished with the story and can understand what has happened because at the end Tessie "wins" the lottery.
