Understanding Drama and Oral Traditions

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ritual

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a traditional story that explains the practices or beliefs of a people, or something in the natural world

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oracle

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a sacred shrine where a priest or priestess spoke for a god or goddess

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drama

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a story written in the form of a play

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oral tradition

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the custom of passing along stories by speech

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comedy

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a play or film that tells a humorous story

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tragedy

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a play or film in which characters fail to overcome serious problems

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fable

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a story meant to teach a lesson

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myth

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a traditional story that explains the practices or beliefs of a people, or something in the natural world

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Sophists

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Greek teachers of philosophy reasoning, and public speaking

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Socratic method

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philosophical method of questioning to gain truth