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Lit terms
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Characterization | the way a character is described |
| central character | main character |
| minor character | only in the story for a little, from time to time |
| dynamic character | changes attitude/self through out the whole story |
| static character | does not change through out the story |
| dialect | form of language-ex.body language |
| surprise ending | twist at the end of the story |
| legend | story handed from generations and they are historical |
| myth | story handed down from generations and not true |
| slang | words and phrases |
| narrative poetry | poem that tells a story/has a story |
| hyperbole | exageration |
| inference | educated guess |
| ballad | type of narrative poem that is meant to be sung and tells a story-has all the story traits,plot climax etc |
| tall tale | exxagerated story/not real |
| rhythm | pattern of stress/unstressed syllables in a line of poetry |
| rhyme | same sounds at the end of words |
| repetition | same sounds/words over and over again |
| what is pecos bill | Tall tale |
| what is john henry | tall tale |
| what is the woman in the snow | legend |
| what is loo-wit and pandoras box | myth |