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20 Cards in this Set
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Myth
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A traditional narritive supernatural or imaginary persons and emboding popular ideas on natural or social phenomea.
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Folk Tales
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A popular or traditional story
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Fables
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A story, especially a supernatural one not based on fact
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Legends
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A story comming from the past
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Tall Tale
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A lie
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Forshadowing
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to represent, indicate, or typify beforehand
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Similie
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A word or phrase using the words "like" or "as"
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Personification
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A person or thing viewed us tricking example
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Suspence
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State of an anxious uncertaintiy or expectation
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Dialect
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A form of speech to a particular region
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Metaphor
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Application of a name of descripted term or phrase to an object
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Figurative Language
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Metaphoric, not literal
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Hyperbole
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An exergated statementnot meant to be taken literally
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Folklore
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All traditions,customs, and stories that are passed on by word of mouth in a culture
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Oral Tradition
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Spoken; nor written
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Ballad
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A poem of song narrating a popular story
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Protagonist
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An advance indication or omen
The principal character in a literary work |
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Antagonist
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An opponet or advistery
One that contends with or opposes another |
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Urban Legend
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A realistic story that has said to have happened recently (often have a supernatural element)
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Trickster Tale
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A story that usually pokes fun at human weakness--a smart person or animal outwits or takes advantage of a fool
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