How the First Letter Was Written
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"How the First Letter Was Written" is a short story by Rudyard Kipling, included in his "Just So Stories" collection, that whimsically imagines the origins of written communication.
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| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
literary work
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short story ⓘ |
| author | Rudyard Kipling NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| character |
Taffy
NERFINISHED
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Tegumai Bopsulai NERFINISHED ⓘ Teshumai Tewindrow NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| collectionPublication | Just So Stories for Little Children NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| copyrightStatus | public domain in many countries ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| firstPublicationDate | 1902 ⓘ |
| genre |
children's literature
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fantasy fiction ⓘ |
| hasApproximateLength | short ⓘ |
| hasCompanionStory |
How the Alphabet Was Made
GENERATED
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How the Camel Got His Hump GENERATED ⓘ How the Leopard Got His Spots GENERATED ⓘ The Cat That Walked by Himself GENERATED ⓘ |
| hasForm | prose ⓘ |
| hasIllustrationsBy | Rudyard Kipling NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasIllustrationType | black-and-white drawings ⓘ |
| hasMoralElement |
importance of clear communication
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resourcefulness of children ⓘ |
| hasStyle |
repetitive rhythmic phrasing
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whimsical prose ⓘ |
| includedInEdition | first edition of Just So Stories ⓘ |
| intendedForm | bedtime story ⓘ |
| intendedToExplain | how the first written message was created ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| literaryPeriod | Edwardian era NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| literarySeries | Just So Stories NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| mainCharacter |
Taffy
NERFINISHED
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Tegumai NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| medium | print ⓘ |
| narrativeDevice | etiological tale ⓘ |
| narrativePerspective | third-person narration ⓘ |
| originalAudienceAgeGroup | young readers GENERATED ⓘ |
| partOf | Just So Stories NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| publisher | Macmillan & Co. NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| setting | prehistoric Africa ⓘ |
| targetAudience | children ⓘ |
| theme |
family relationships
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imagination ⓘ miscommunication ⓘ origin of writing ⓘ |
| workInAuthorCorpus | works of Rudyard Kipling ⓘ |
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