Read this excerpt from "the world on turtle's back."

these two brothers had creative powers, and with these powers they took clay and modeled it into animals. they used these animals to contend with one another. each brother created a more powerful or more cunning animal than the next. they also created fruits, plants, and medicines for good and for evil. finally, the right-handed twin made man. it is unknown whether or not the left-handed twin assisted in the creation of man. man was the right-handed twin's favorite creation.

how does this support the idea that "the world on turtle's back" is a creation myth?

a. it explains the origin of people, animals, and plants.
b. it describes the rivalry between the two brothers.
c. it shows that animals and plants can represent good or evil.
d. it confirms that man was the right-handed twin’s favorite animal.

The answer is A. I got it right on my quiz.

A) It explains the origin of people, animals, and plants.

Explanation: a myth is a traditional story, especially one concerning the early history of a people or explaining a natural or social phenomenon, and typically involving supernatural beings or events. In the given excerpt from "The Worl on Turtle's Back" we can see the description of how two brothers created animals, fruits, plants, medicines and man from clay, this story is clearly a myth because it explains the origin of people, animals, and plants.

1.   in sonnet 18, the speaker wants to describe the beauty of his love, but can’t find the words to do so. the speaker says “then in mid-utterance the lay was lost” when he tries to think of the words to describe his love’s beauty.   through his defeat of finding words to describe his love, he shows his love for her.

2.   instead of describing how perfect his love is or comparing her to other beautiful things, he says she is average and there is nothing special about her.   at the last 2 lines of the poem, the volta changes the poem by saying that even though his love is average in beauty, his love for her is special and unique. so instead of praising her throughout the whole poem, he contrasts her average characteristics with his special love for her.

3.   the beloved asked the speaker to describe how he feels about her. she begins to describe what she feels but "drop the torch" and says that she can't do it because the words "hid in me out of reach." the the speaker says "nay, let the silence of my womanhood command my woman-love to thy belief" and that her silence will have to be the answer to his question.