Traditional Tales Vocab Flashcard

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A skill that reduces information to its main ideas.

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Summarize

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Primary purpose of an author in writing a text.

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Author's Purpose

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Lesson learned at the end of the story.

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Moral/Theme

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Major parts of a story:

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Plot

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A story with exaggerated facts and unbelievable elements, often humorous.

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Tall Tale

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A story about history, supernatural events, ancient times, gods, and goddesses.

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Myths

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A story explaining how or why something in nature exists.

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legends

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A short story with animal characters, read fully, with a moral.

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Fables

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A story passed down by word of mouth

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Folk Tales

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A story passed down for generations.

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Traditional Tales