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Ancient African Literature NL 3
Vocabulary List 3
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10th Grade
03/21/2011

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The trickster
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a universal or archetypal figure in the myths and folk tales of many cultures, uses cunning to get the better of others.
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Universal Archetypal Figure
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A trickster
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dilemma tale or enigma tale
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They are a form of moral tale that ends with a question , inviting the audience to share their judgements.
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chain tale or cumulative tale
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a formulatic story in which every incident that came before is repeated as each new incident is added.
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etiological tale
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A tale concerning origins
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refrain
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lines that are repeated at the end of each stanza
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reverential
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resulting and showing reverence
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calabash
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any of various gourds, especially the bottle gourd
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proverb
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is a concise saying that expresses a common human truth or experience
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alliteration
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the repetition of consonant sounds.
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parallelism
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the repetition of certain words and phrases in a similar structure or order.
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interactive
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acting one upon or with the other
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assonance
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resemblance of sound
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primary epic or oral epic
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original epics before they are translated into foreign languages
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literary epic
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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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protagonist
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the leading character, hero, or heroine of a drama or other literary work.
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antagonist
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a person who is opposed to, struggles against, or competes with another; opponent; adversary.
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omniscient point of view
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the omniscient narrator does not take part in the action yet knows everything that is happening.
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nemesis
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something that a person cannot conquer, achieve, etc.
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affront
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a personally offensive act or word; deliberate act or display of disrespect; intentional slight; insult
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efface
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to wipe out; do away with; expunge.
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nascent
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beginning to exist or develop.
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deployed
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to arrange in a position of readiness, or to move strategically or appropriately.
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