ENGLISH 8 2nd Q

a story that’s part of a particular people’s oral tradition that’s passed down from generation to generation.

often describe how helpless creatures manage to outwit fierce animals.

• Animal-Trickster Tale

• Fairytales

• Myths

• Fables

This is defined as a longer narrative, serious in general, but by no means excluding humor, centering on one hero or heroine.

• Animal-Trickster Tale

• Fairytales

• Myths

• Fables

a highly developed literary form in certain cultures of Negro Africa. They are short stories in which the protagonists are talking animals with both human and animal traits. They always state or suggest a moral.

• Animal-Trickster Tale

• Fairytales

• Myths

• Fables

These are usually limited to children who are encouraged to learn them to sharpen their wits. They are ordinarily presented in the form of a statement rather than a question

• Legends

• Proverb

• Riddles

a simple and insightful, traditional saying that expresses a perceived truth based on common sense or experience. P

• Legends

• Proverb

• Riddles

Traditional, story or group of stories told about a particular person or place. F

• Legends

• Proverb

• Riddles

A usual way of behaving: something that a person does often in regular orrepeated way

• habit

• custom

• tradition

An action or way of behaving that is usual and traditional among the people in a particular group

• habit

• custom

• tradition

A way of thinking, behaving, or doing something that has been used by the people in a particular group.

• habit

• custom

• tradition