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| a universal or archetypal figure in th emyths and folk tales of many cultures, uses cunning to get the better of others. |
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| Are a form of moral tale that ends with a question, inviting the audience to share their judgements. |
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| A formulaic story in which every incencident that came before is repeated as each new incident is added. |
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| refers to works that are not written down but instead are passed from generation to generation through word of mouth. |
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| The audience often joins in the oral performance when repeated lines |
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| Is a concise saying that expresses a common human truth or experience. |
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| The heroic main character |
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| He proves himself greater than the powerful foe |
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| His story is told in a formal, alavated style. |
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| The repetition of consonant sounds in words that are close to one another. |
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| The repetition of words, phrases, or sentences that have the same grammatical structure or that compare and contrast ideas. |
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| the original pattern or model from which all things of the same kind are copied or on which they are based |
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| to wipe out; do away with |
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| beginning to exist or develop |
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| to arrange in a position of readiness, or to move strategically or appropriately |
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| strong enough to resist or withstand attack |
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| to beg urgently or piteously, as for aid or mercy; beseech; entreat |
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any large tree belonging to the genus Adansonia, of the bombax family, especially A. digitata, which is native to tropical Africa, has an exceedingly thick trunk, and bears a gourdlike fruit.
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| one of the four equal or equivalent parts into which anything is or may be divided |
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| an object regarded with awe as being the embodiment or habitation of a potent spirit or as having magical potency. |
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| a defeat attended with disorderly flight. |
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| to beg urgently or piteously, as for aid or mercy; beseech |
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| a personally offensive act or word,an offense to one's dignity or self-respect. |
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| something that a person cannot conquer, achieve,an opponent or rival whom a person cannot best or overcome. |
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| acting one upon or with another. |
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| to abstain from an impulse to say or do something |
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any of several other plants having gourdlike fruit.
4. the fruit of any of these plants.
5. the dried, hollowed-out shell of any of these fruits, used as a container or utensil. |
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| the commencement of two or more words of a word group with the same letter |
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| of the nature of or characterized by reverence; reverent |
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| used when writing about what happens in a work of literature |
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| the wild yam of the rocks |
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| when the vines of these yarns grow, in boulder strewn areas their underground tubers anchor them among the roks and make them very difficult to uproot |
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