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After reviewing the passage from "The People Could

Fly," write two to four sentences explaining which

details are factual and which are fictional.

The folktale uses real historical details, such as the crowded ships enslaved people were forced to travel in. However, the folktale says that enslaved people lost their wings, when what they really lost was their freedom.

Explanation:

This is the sample response.

Answer: In the passage from "The People Could Fly", the following statement is a fictional detail: "The ones that could fly shed their wings. They couldn't take their wings across the water on the slave ships." The very idea of people having wings and flying is not realistic. It is just a part of the story. In addition, the statement that represents a factual detail is "The folks were full of misery, then. Got sick with the up and down of the sea." People often experience sea-sickness in real life.

Explanation:

This passage is from The People Could Fly, a book written by Virginia Hamilton in 1985. The genre of the book is folklore. It contains animal tales, supernatural stories, fairy tales, while the issue of the African slaves is also explored throughout the book. African people that became slaves in the United States find out that they are able to fly.