Answer and Dragons-from the memoir of author Abigail Prynne. 1. I sit at my desk listening to thunder growl outside my window. Flashes of light burst through the darkness, and wind races past my window. The thrilling combination of sight and sound conjures up visions of dragons roaring proudly, breathing fire, and soaring across the midnight sky
No one knows the origin, perhaps used by early man to explain the glorious deeds of heroes, almost five thousand years old.
Theme
In most stories, the theme is not stated directly, it is revealed through the character's experiences. It is a generalization about life or human nature. Certain types of experiences are common to all people
everywhere.Universal themes come up again and again in literature that can help guide us through our lives deal with basic human concerns-good and evil, life and death, love and loss.
Theme is not a subject it is expressed in a sentence. Sometimes the title gives clues. It applies to the entire work of the story.
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.
