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12 Cards in this Set
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Oral Tradition
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stories passed down by word of mouth instead of written language
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Myth
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stories created by ancient people to explain their world
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What 3 questions did myths and epics answer?
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1. Why is there day and why is there night.
2. What makes the seasons change? 3. Why does death exist? |
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Fable
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a brief "teaching tale" that presents a lesson about life. Always has a moral.
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Folk Tale
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a fictional tale by an unknown author that has been passed down through oral tradition
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Fairy Tale
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A special kind of folk tale that begins with "once upon a time" and involves fantasy, conflict between good and evil and ends "happily ever after"
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Legend
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a type of folk tale with some basis in historical fact
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Tall Tale
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a wildly exaggerated folk tale about legendary figures like Paul Bunyan and Johnny Appleseed
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What is a short story?
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a brief story, about 5 to 25 pages that focus on one or two main characters, one main setting, and one main theme
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What is a novel?
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a novel is a long fictional story, more than 100 pages, that has more characters, settings and themes than a short story.
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What is a novella?
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shorter than a novel but longer than a short story; often published with a collection of short stories
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What are some other forms of fiction?
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1. plays
2. scripts 3. narrative poems 4. graphic stories 5. comic strips |
