Question

Read the excerpt from "Why Alligator Hates Dog.” Despite Alligator’s suspicions, he was sorely tempted by that bowl of scraps, which certainly sounded very tasty. But he was still doubtful. "I don’t know . . . What about your master? Won’t he try to get me if he sees me having dinner with you?” "Don’t you worry about him! I’ll take care of him; he always does everything I tell him to do. So, I guess I’ll be seeing you up at the cabin for dinner soon?” Which element of a folktale is included in this excerpt? the state of being orally passed down through generations different versions, depending on the storyteller a humanlike animal who has an exaggerated ability a clever, humanlike animal who plays a trick on another

Answer 1

Answer:

C. a clever, humanlike animal who plays a trick on another

Explanation:

We can see from the excerpt that Dog is being sneaky with Alligator, luring Alligator in to have dinner together so that the owner can catch Alligator. This does not bode well for Alligator, yet he's still being tricked into doing it.

Here, Dog is the "humanlike animal" who is cleverly trapping Alligator.

Thus, the answer is C.

Answer 2

Answer:

It was D for me

Explanation: