Across
- 4. The passing along of stories
- 7. themes found in almost all cultures - examples: as the dangers of greed and the importance of courage
- 8. the central message or insight in a literary work
- 9. brief stories or poems that teach lessons, or morals. These morals are usually stated directly at the ends of the fables. The main characters are often animals with human characteristics.
- 10. The mythology of ancient Greece and Rome
- 12. an author’s choice of words, phrases, and sentence structure
- 15. moral lesson specifically written in the work
- 17. an element that recurs regularly in literature and has similar meanings to people of different cultures and eras
- 19. exaggeration or overstatement that is often used to create a comic effect
- 20. type of figurative language in which a nonhuman subject is given human characteristics
- 21. involves surprises, unexpected events, and interesting or amusing contradictions
Down
- 1. the repetition of a phrase, line, or verse at regular intervals in the text
- 2. Reflect local customs and beliefs
- 3. fictional tales that explore the actions of gods and heroes or explain why things are a certain way in the natural world
- 5. form of language spoken by people of a particular region or group
- 6. the theme often stated at the end of the story as a moral, or lesson
- 11. stories that often deal with heroes, adventure, magic, or romance
- 13. writing that is highly imaginative and contains elements not found in real life
- 14. a person, place, or object that represents something beyond its literal meaning
- 16. reason for folk literature: Teach an important life lesson, Explain something in nature, Entertain or amuse
- 18. present the ideas, values, feelings, and beliefs of a culture in musical form. With simple melodies and repeated lines, they tell stories of war, adventure, and romance.