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| a universal figure in myths and folk tales of many cultures who uses cunning to get the better of others who are usually bigger and stronger than he or she. |
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| universal archetypal figure |
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| dilemma tale or enigma tale |
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| A type of moral tale, from the oral tradition, that does not have a resolution but instead ends with a question posed to the audience. |
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| chain tale or cumulative tale |
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| A type of folk tale that contains minimal plot, much repetition and rhythm, and a pattern that ties the tale together. |
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| a tale concerning origins |
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| A repeated word, phrase, line, or group of lines. |
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| of the nature of or characterized by respect |
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| n. here, the hollowed-out shell of a gourd. |
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| A short saying that expresses a common truth or experience, usually abot human failings and the ways that people interact with one another. |
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| The repetition of consonant sounds in words that are closed to one another. |
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| The repetiton of words, phrases, or sentences that have the same grammatical structure or that compare and contrast. |
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| of or pertaining to a two-way system of electronic communications, as by means of television or computer |
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| The repetition of similar vowel sounds followed by different consonant sounds in words that are close together. |
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| primary epic or oral epic |
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| ancient epics before being translated into forgein languages |
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| a long narrative poem in a dignified style about the deeds of a traditional or historical hero or heroes |
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| The main character in a work of fiction, drama, or narrative poetry. |
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| The character or force that opposes or blocks the protagonist, or main character, in a narrative. |
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| the narrator does not take part in the action yet knows everything that is happening. |
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| something that a person cannot conquer, achieve, etc |
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| v. stationed military troops |
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| adj. incapable of being captured |
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v. used as.
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| n. tropical tree whose leaves are used as a cooking herb. |
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| "the words of Doua on the name-giving day" |
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| Doua, king Maghan's griots, had repeated the hunter's prophecy at the infant Sundiata's ceremonial naming. |
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| "the wild yam of the rocks |
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| When the vines of these yams start to grow in boulder-stewn areas, their underground tubers anchor them among the rocks and make them very difficult to uproot. |
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| n.a member of a caste responsible for maintaining an oral record of tribal history in the form of music, poetry, and storytelling |
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| sofas (not the couch kind |
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| n.pl.: objects believed to have magical powers. |
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| when you use present tense when writing about what happens ina work of literatute. |
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