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Oral Traditions

ELA TEST!!!! Friday!!!

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What's theme? Central Idea or message.
What's universal theme? Theme or idea that is repeated throughout many cultures or time periods.
What's Moral? Lessons about life that is taught by a story.
What's Heroes & Heroine? Larger than life figures whose virtues and deeds are often celebrated.
What's hyperbole? Exaggerated statements.
What's personification? Human characteristics to non-human subjects.
What's Allusion? Referring to a well known person, place event, or literary work.
What are folk tales? Folk Tales- are stories about ordinary people- Reveal the traditions and values of a culture.
What are myths? Myths- are tales that explain the actions of gods godesses, and the heroes that interact with them.
What are Legends? Legends- are traditional stories based on real life events .
What are Tall Tales? Tall tales- are types of folk tales that contain hyperbole- hero who performs impossible feats.
What are Fables? Fables- are brief stories that feature animals that speak & act like humans.
What are Fairy Tales? Fairy Tales- a children's story about magical and imaginary beings and lands.
What are Epics? Epics- are long narrative poems important to the history of a nation or culture.
What are usually the main character in Fables? Animals.
In Fables, are the plot and characters simple or complex? Simple.
What do Fable stories teach? Morals or lessons.
How are settings in fables? They are common and nonspecific.
What figurative language is used in fables? Personification.
What's tone? The writer's attitude.
What's Mood? The feeling the audience gets from the text.
What's whiff? Smell, scent.
What's hors d’oeuvres? Savory foods served as appetizers.
What's malice? Ill Will.
What's glossy? Smooth and shiny.
What's surpass? Be Superior to.
What's flatterers? Those who praise a person insincerely.
What type of writing is “The Fox Outwits the Crow”? A poem.
Who wrote “The Fox Outwits the Crow”? William Clearly.
What's the tone in “The Fox Outwits the Crow”? Silly, playful.
What's the moral of “The Fox Outwits the Crow”? Attending to flattering comes at a high price.
`What type of writing is “The Fox and the Crow”? A fable.
Who wrote “The Fox and the Crow”? Aesop.
What's the tone in “The Fox and the Crow”? More formal than funny.
What's the moral in “The Fox and the Crow”? Do not trust flatterers.
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