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Ancient African Literature by AJ and Donald part 1 3rd prd.
VL4
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English
10th Grade
03/21/2011

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The trickster
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A supernatural figure appearing in various guises and typically engaging in mischievous activities, important in the folklore and mythology of many orimitive peoples and usually conceived as a culture hero.
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Universal Archetypal Figure

 

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An original model of a person, ideal example, or a prototype upon which others are copied, patterned, or emulated.
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Refrain
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To abstain from an impulse to say or do something (often followed by from )
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Calabash
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tropical American tree, Crescentia cujete,  of the bignonia family, bearing large, gourdlike fruit.
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Proverb
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        Any word  that can substitute for a verb or verb phrase.
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Alliteration

 

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The commencement of two or more stressed syllables of a word group either with the same consonant sound or sound group.
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