Oral Tradition

exaggeration or overstatement

• personification

• rule of 3/7

• hyperbole

• universal theme

human characteristics given to nonhuman subjects

• hyperbole

• personification

• legend

• fable

items happen in sets of 3 or 7 (repetition and repeated phrases)

• rule of 3/7

• tall tale

• fairy tale

• hyperbole

is used to explain the unexplainable

• nature

• magic

• animals

• theme

a lesson repeated across many cultures and time periods

• legend

• tall tale

• moral

• universal theme

stories passed down from generation to generation by word of mouth

• theme

• moral

• oral tradition

• rule of 3/7

which of these is NOT something that oral tradition stories were made to do

• explain something in nature

• teach a lesson or moral to children

• entertain

• create peace

explain actions of gods, goddesses, and heroes often try to explain the causes of something in nature

• myth

• legend

• tall tale

• fable

use hyperboles to exaggerate a story from the past, focus on a central hero who performs impossible feats, based on real life events and the facts go twisted over the years

• tall tale

• legend

• fairy tale

• fable

short stories with talking animals, end with a directly stated moral

• fairy tale

• tall tale

• myth

• fable