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Ancient African Literature JBB & ANG pt.1 4
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English
10th Grade
03/21/2011

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the trickster
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Noun
A Universal or Archetypal Figure In The Myths & Folk Tales Of Many Cultures.
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Universal Archetypal Figure
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Noun
A character type that remains the same in myths and folk tales
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Dilemma Tale or Enigma Tale
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Noun
A Form Of Moral Tales That End With A Qeustion, Inviting The Audience To Share Their Judgements.
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Chain Tale or Cumulative Tale
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Noun
A Formulaic Story In Which Eveyr Incident That Came Before Is Repeated As Each New Incident Is Added.
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Etiological tale
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Noun
a tale of origin
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Refrain
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Noun
A phrase or verse recurring at intervals in a song or poem, especially at the end of each stanza; chorus.
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Reverential
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-adjective
a feeling or attitude of deep respect tinged with awe; veneration.
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Calabash
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Noun
a tropical American evergreen tree,that produces large round gourds
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Proverb
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Noun
A short popular saying, usually of unknown and ancient origin, that expresses effectively some commonplace truth or useful thought; adage; saw. Awise saying or precept; a didactic sentence.
A person or thing that is commonly regarded as an embodiment or representation of some quality; byword.
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Alliteration
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Noun
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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Parallelism
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Noun
the repetition of a syntactic construction in successive sentences for rhetorical effect
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Interactive
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Adjective
Acting one upon or with the other
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Assonance
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Noun
The Resemblance Of Sound ; The Use Of The Same Vowel Sound With Different Consonants Or Different Vowels.
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Primary Epic or Oral Epic
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Noun
poetry that is often carried over to the written form.
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Literary Epic
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Noun
In which such characteristics are applied to later or different materials
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Protagonist
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Noun
The Leading Character, Hero, Or Heroine Of A Drama Or Other Literary Work.
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Antagonist
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Noun
A Person Who Is Opposed To, Struggles Against, Or Competes With Another;Opponent;Adversary
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Omniscient Point of View
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Noun
It means that the teller is all-knowing.
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Nemesis
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-noun
something that a person cannot conquer, achieve.
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Affront
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–noun
a personally offensive act or word; deliberate act or display of disrespect; intentional slight; insult
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