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Vocabulary
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| scurry | To hurry along with light footsteps |
| procession | People or things move along in an orderly and serious way |
| dignified | Has or shows honor and respect |
| upright | In a strictly vertical position |
| folktales | Stories passed along by word of mouth from generation to generation |
| trickster | A character who goes against acceptable behavior and attempts to fool another character, often for selfish reasons |
| exaggeration | Extreme overstatements |
| irony | A contrast between what you expect to happen and what actually happens, or between what is said and what is really meant |
| mood | The feeling or atmosphere that a writer creates through descriptive words, imagery, and figurative language |
| tone | How writers and tellers of tales express their attitude toward their subject |
| humor | Writers use to amuse readers |
| infer | To make an educated guess by combining clues from a text with what you already know |