Folklore Unit ALL CLASSES

Mrs. DiLauro (United States of America)
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  1. ballad
    a narrative poem of popular origin
  2. context
    the set of facts or circumstances that surround a situation
  3. culture
    all the knowledge and values shared by a society
  4. ethnography
    scientific description of individual human societies
  5. narrative
    an account that tells the particulars of an act or event
  6. folklore
    the unwritten stories and proverbs and songs of a culture
  7. folktale
    a traditional story or legend circulated by word of mouth
  8. myth
    a traditional story serving to explain a world view
  9. legend
    a story about mythical or supernatural beings or events
  10. tall tale
    an improbable (unusual or incredible or fanciful) story
  11. fable
    a short moral story
  12. fairy tale
    a children's story involving fantastical beings or elements
  13. motif
    a recurrent element in a literary or artistic work
  14. proverbial
    widely known and spoken of
  15. ritual
    the prescribed procedure for conducting religious ceremonies
  16. tradition
    a specific practice of long standing
  17. ethnocentric
    centered on a specific ethnic group, usually one's own
  18. anecdote
    short account of an incident
  19. folk
    people in general (often used in the plural)
  20. lore
    knowledge gained through tradition or anecdote
  21. tall tale
    an improbable (unusual or incredible or fanciful) story
  22. world view
    a comprehensive view of the world and human life
  23. hero
    someone who fights for a cause
  24. villain
    someone who does evil deliberately
Created on Tue Sep 03 10:28:04 EDT 2013 (updated Tue Sep 08 08:56:45 EDT 2015)

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