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oral tradition
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Is the telling of stories by word of mouth | oral tradition |
| Is a central idea, message, or insight that is revealed within a story | theme |
| Are larger-than-life figures whose virtues and deeds are often celebrated in stories from the oral tradition | heroes |
| exaggeration or overstatement, either for comic effect or to express heightened emotion | hyperbole |
| expressing something in a way that is deliberately less dramatic than it should be, for comic effect | understatement |
| human characteristics or personality given to nonhuman subjects, such as animals or natural elements | personification |
| expression, such as "its raining cats and dogs!" that develop in a language, region, community, or class of people that cannot be understood literally | idioms |
| are tales that explain the action of gods, goddesses, and the heroes who interact with them | myths |
| are brief stories that often feature animals that act like humans. they usually end with a moral that us directly stated | fables |
| are a type of folk tale that uses hyperbole, deliberate exaggeration for comic effect | tall tales / legends |
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