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Ancient Africa Literature
Vocab List 4 HLO,KCH,SCP,TKE 3RD
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10th Grade
03/21/2011
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the trickster
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a universal or archetypsl figure in the myths and golk tales of many cultures,using cunning to get the better of others.
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universal archetypal figure
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figure in myths.
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dilemma tale
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a form of moral tale that ends with a question,inviting the audience to share their judgements.
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cumulative tale
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a formuliac story in which every incident that came before is repeated as each new incident is added.
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protagonist
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antagonist
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nemesis
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affront
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literary epic
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assonance
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interactive
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parallelism
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alliteration
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proverb
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calabash
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reverential
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refrain
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deployed
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Allah
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implored
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