Folk Tales Unit Vocabulary

3. A form of writing that shows the accent and way people talk in a particular region.
7. Where you say one thing and mean the complete opposite
8. Giving clues or hints of upcoming events in the story.
11. A reason behind a character’s actions or behaviors
12. Subgenre of Folktale: A story that has been passed down from generations orally that is a short and typically has animals as characters, and it has a moral.
13. the giving of human traits or characteristics to non-humans making them act like a human
14. literary device which authors use to make reference to a well-known person, place, event, or work of art.
15. Subgenre of Folktale: A cultural story handed down through generations that contains gods and goddesses, heroes who go on a quest, and explain natural phenomena.
17. A story that has been passed down from generations orally that is a short and typically has animals as characters, and it has a moral.
18. An element that shows up again and again in a story (and throughout stories) and emphasizes the theme
19. Subgenre of Folktale: A traditional oral story passed down through generations sometimes popularly regarded as based in historical fact, but not necessarily proven.

1. This is when the situation is the opposite of what we would expect.
2. applying general traits or characteristics to a group of people
4. Images, figures, character types, settings, and story patterns that are universally shared by people across cultures.
5. Stated at the end of a fable, it is the lesson that the author wants the reader to learn
6. A story of oral tradition that has been passed down through generations. It contains motifs, simplistic characters, and a vague setting.
9. When the reader or audience knows more than the characters in the story.
10. when expectation differs from reality.
16. Subgenre of Folktale: A cultural story handed down through generations that contains everyday people with superhuman abilities, usually linked to real historical time period.