Read the following items and answer the questions that follow.

Read the following items and answer the questions that follow.

Item 1

Step 1:Tongooch:A challenge

Step 2:Choo:Let it come

Step 3:Kootuiyen kwandayun koibei kootiek
(I met my father carrying arrows)

Step 4:Chesweret:porcupine

Item 2

A boy went home after a street fight and narrated what happened to his father.
"Didn't I warn you against fighting? See you have now lost two front teeth!" Barked the angry man.
To this the boy retorted,"I didn't lose my teeth Dad,both are in my pocket."

i)Classify each of the two items above.

ii)What is the role of step 1 in the presentation of item 1?

iii)a)What kind of audience is best for these two types of items?

b)Varied responses are expected from audience to the items.Briefly explain how they would respond to:
a)item 1

b)item 2
iv) Identify one similar function of the sub- genres in any society

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i)a)Riddle

b)joke

ii)Captures listeners attention
Set them in a riddling mood

iii)a)children

b)Item 1:answer unruffled the riddle(decipher)

Item 2:Laugh at the joke

iv)Entertainment

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marto answered the question on October 23, 2017 at 13:33

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