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| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| oral tradition | sharing of stories,cultures,and ideas by word of mouth |
| theme | central idea, message, or insight that is revealed within a story |
| universal theme | is an idea that is repeated across many cultures and through many time periods |
| heroes and heroines | larger-than-life figures whose virtues and deeds are often celebrated in stories from the oral traditons |
| storytelling | calls on the talents and personality of the teller to bring the narrative to life. |
| hyperbole | using exaggeration or overstatement |
| personification | giving an animal human characterstics |
| allusion | referring to a well-known person,place,event,literary work, or other work of art |
| myths | are tales that explain the actions of gods,goddesses and heroes |
| legends | are traditional stories based on real-life events |
| folk tales | are stories about ordinary people |
| tall tales | are types of folk tales that often use hyperbole deliberate overstatement |
| fables | are brief stories featuring animals that can speak and act like humans |
| epics | are long narrative poems important to the history of a nation or culture |