Folktales:
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Communicates
values/ideals.
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Composed orally.
·
Passed by word of
mouth.
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Anonymous.
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Has heroes, amazing
feats of strength or daring.
·
Solves problems.
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Uses repetition to
make easy to remember.
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To be authentic, must
have at least two versions
Fable:
·
Teaches lessons at end
of story.
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Short.
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Underdeveloped
characters, situations, conflicts.
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Animals act like
humans.
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Points out our human
failings/weaknesses.
Lit 8 - Monday, 5/13 - poetry vocab test on rhyme - imagery.
Rhyme: The repetition of sounds in words that appear close to one another in a poem.
Lit 8 - Monday, 5/13 - poetry vocab test on rhyme - imagery.
Rhyme: The repetition of sounds in words that appear close to one another in a poem.
End Rhyme: The repetition of sounds in words which occurs at the end
of two or more lines.
Refrain: A word, phrase, line, or group of lines that are repeated
regularly in a poem.
Infer: A reasonable conclusion one can draw on clues or evidence
given.
Figurative language: Language that is meant to be interpreted imaginatively,
not literally. (I’m so hungry I could eat a horse.)
*Simile: A comparison between two basically unlike things using the
words "Like" or "AS." (She is like the sun.)
*Metaphor: A direct comparison between two unlike things saying
something is something else. Doesn’t use "Like" or
"As." (She is the sun.)
*Extended metaphor: A comparison that makes more than one continued point of
comparison.
