Academic Vocabulary #5

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What is traditional literature?

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Stories that were originally told verbally and later became written text.

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What is a fable?

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A story with animals as characters conveying a moral.

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What is a legend?

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A traditional story sometimes regarded as historical but unauthenticated.

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What are stage directions?

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To describe where and when a scene takes place and how actors should move.

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Which pronouns are used in first person narration?

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I, me, we, us.

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What is a myth?

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A traditional story that explains natural or social phenomena, often involving gods or supernatural beings.

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What is a narrative?

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A spoken or written account of connected events; a story.

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What is a character in literature?

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A person, animal, or figure represented in a story.

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What is a plot?

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The sequence of events that make up a story.

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What is a theme?

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The central idea or message in a work of literature.