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folklore a.b.
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10th Grade
03/16/2011

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YARN
Definition
noun; a tale, especially a long story of adventure or incredible happenings
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FOLK LORE
Definition
–noun
1. the traditional beliefs, legends, customs
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FOLK TALE
Definition
noun
1. a tale or legend originating and traditional among a people or folk, especially one forming part of the oral tradition of the common people.
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FOLK HERO
Definition
noun- type of hero, real, fictional, or mythollogical
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FAIRY TALE
Definition
noun
1. a story, usually for children, about elves, hobgoblins, dragons, fairies, or other magical creatures
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LEGEND
Definition
noun
1. a nonhistorical or unverifiable story handed down by tradition from earlier times and popularly accepted as historical
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MYTH
Definition
–noun
1. a traditional or legendary story, usually concerning some being or hero or event, with or without a determinable basis of fact or a natural explanation, especially one that is concerned with deities or demigods and explains some practice, rite, or phenomenon of nature
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FABLE
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–noun
1. a short tale to teach a moral lesson, often with animals or inanimate objects as characters; apologue: the fable of the tortoise and the hare; Aesop's fables
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ALLEGORY
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noun, plural -ries.
1. a representation of an abstract or spiritual meaning through concrete or material forms; figurative treatment of one subject under the guise of another
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ALLUSION
Definition
noun
1. a passing or casual reference; an incidental mention of something, either directly or by implication: an allusion to Shakespeare.
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PARABLE
Definition
noun
1. a short allegorical story designed to illustrate or teach some truth, religious principle, or moral lesson
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TALL TALE
Definition
An exaggerated, unreliable story: “My uncle claims that he was raised in a drainage ditch, but it's just another of his tall tales.”
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BALLAD
Definition
noun
1. any light, simple song, especially one of sentimental or romantic character, having two or more stanzas all sung to the same melody.
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EPIC
Definition
adjective Also, ep·i·cal.
1. noting or pertaining to a long poetic composition, usually centered upon a hero, in which a series of great achievements or events is narrated in elevated style: Homer's Iliad is an epic poem
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EPIC HERO
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noun: a main character in an epic whose legendary or heroic actions are central to his/her culture, race, or nation
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