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Oral Tradition Vocab
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Question | Answer |
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Theme | Theme-is a certain idea,message, or insight that a story reveals. |
Moral | is a lesson about life that is taught by a story. |
Heroes | are larger-than-life figures whose virtues and deeds are often celebrated in stories from the oral tradition. |
Storytelling | calls on the talents and personality of the teller to bring the narrative to life |
Hyperbole | the use of exaggeration or overstatement. |
Personification | the giving of human characteristics to a non-human subject. |
Myths | Ancient tales that describe the actions of gods,goddesses and the heroes who interact with them |
Legends | traditional stories about the past. |
Folk Tales | Tells about ordinary people |
Tall Tales | folk tales that contain hyperbole. |
Fables | brief animal stories that contain personification. |
Epics | long narrative poems about a hero who engages in a dangerous journey |