Set: English 2 Honors African Unit 1

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trickster a universal figure in the myths and folk tales of many cultures who uses cunning to get the better of others
archetypal universal; world-wide
dilemma tale a form of moral tale that ends with a question, inviting the audience to share their judgements
chain tale a formulaic story in which every incident that came before is repeated as each new incident is added
oral tradition literature that is not written down but is passed from generation to generation by word of mouth
proverb a short saying that expresses a common truth or experience
metaphor something used, or regarded as being used, to represent something else; emblem; symbol
alliteration the commencement of two or more words of a word group with the same letter
parallelism Likeness, correspondence, or similarity in aspect, course, or tendency
rhyme identity in sound of some part, especially the end, of words or lines of verse
"He who laughs last laughs best" alliteration
"Where there's a will, there's a way" parallelism
"When the cat's away, the mice will play" rhyme

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Created November 3, 2007
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Hardcore : Changed Where there's a will, there's a way" → parallelism to "Where there's a will, there's a way" → parallelism
Hardcore : Changed alliteration → the commencement of two or more words of a word group with the same letter, as in apt alliteration's artful aid to alliteration → the commencement of two or more words of a word group with the same letter
Hardcore : Changed dilemma tale → a form of moaral tale that ends with a question, inviting the audience to share their judgements to dilemma tale → a form of moral tale that ends with a question, inviting the audience to share their judgements
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  1. chain tale → a formulaic story in which every incident that came before is repeated as each new incident is added - 2 misses
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