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Ancient African Literature-Morgan, KaylaF, & Robbie---4thper
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10th Grade
03/21/2011

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The Trickster
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A universal figure in the myths and folk tales of many cultures who uses cunning to get the better of others who are usually bigger and stronger than he or she.
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Universal Archetypal Figure
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A pattern that appears in literature across cultures and is repeated through the ages, an can be a character, a plot, and image, or a setting.
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Dilemma Tale or Enigma
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A type of moral tale, from the oral tradition, that does not have a resolution but instead ends with a question posed to the audience.
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Chain Tale or Cumulative Tale
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A type of folk tale that contains minimal plot, much repetition and rhythm, and a pattern that ties the tale together.
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Etiological Tale
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Refrain
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A repeated word, phrase, line, or group of lines.
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Reverential
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Calabash
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Proverb
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A short saying that expresses a common truth or experience, usually about human failings and the ways that people interact with one another.
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Alliteration
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The repetition of consonant sounds in words that are close to one another.
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