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Traditional Literature
Vocabulary A
Vocabulary B
Genre
Genre 2
100
this literature is an extended story of a hero's quest
What is epic?
100
to examine two or more ideas in order to note similarities and differences
What is compare?
100
to recognize or establish a person or thing
What is identify?
100
The story of a person's life written by someone else.
What is biography?
100
language that contains few word, phrases and sentences that include rhythm, rhyme and sensory images,
What is poetry?
200
a type of literature based on lies and exaggerations about larger than life characters; characters may have actually lived, may be a composite of several people, or may be entirely fictitious; an entertaining and often oral account of a real or fictitious occurrence;
What is tall tale?
200
to examine by separating into parts and studying the relations; break down essential features or ideas to identify causes
What is analyze?
200
to give or provide meaning of; explain
What is interpret?
200
The story of a person's life written by that person.
What is auto-biography?
200
Realistic fiction set in the past. Usually focused on social and political issues fo the time and how the characters see them.
What is historical fiction?
300
This type of traditional literature involves a quest and answers questions about things that cannot be explained.
What is myth?
300
to give an account in words
What is describe?
300
to restate a text or passage in another for or words
What is paraphrase?
300
a narrative that is imagined rather than real that includes characters, problem/conflict, setting and a plot
What is fiction?
300
Fiction that contains unrealistic or unwordly elements that depends on magic or the impossible or inexplicable.
What is fantasy?
400
this type of traditional literature involve animals with human traits and have a moral lesson
What is fable?
400
to form a critical opinion; to judge or determine the worth of something
What is evaluate?
400
to state or express ideas in a sequential form including the most important details
What is summary?
400
A play that often involves intense emotional conflict.
What is drama?
400
A fantasy text that involves and is based on scientific principles.
What is Science Fiction?
500
this type of traditional literature includes magical beings
What is fairy tales?
500
to make plain or clear
What is explain?
500
A text that is intended to provide factual information through text and visual images, facts and principles
What is non-fiction?
500
A story drawn from the writer's imagination but could have actually happened.
What is realistic fiction?