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6th Grade
11/07/2011

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FOLKTALES THAT HAVE A MORAL AND USUALLY HAVE ANIMAL CHARACTERS THAT TEACHES A LESSON
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FABLE
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A WOMAN WHO COMMITS AN ACT OF REMARKABLE BRAVERY OR WHO HAS SHOWN GREAT COURAGE
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HEROINE
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THE TRADITIONAL BELIEFS, PRACTICES,CUSTOMS,STORIES,JOKES,SONGS OF PEOPLE HANDED DOWN ORALLY OR BEHAVIORALLY FROM INDIVIDUAL TO INDIVIDUAL
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FOLK LURE
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STORIES SHARED AND PASSED DOWN FROM ONE GENERATION TO ANOTHER WHICH ARE ACCEPTED AS TRUE, BUT CANNOT BE CHECKED, THE CHARACTERS MIGHT HAVE BEEN REAL, BUT THE STORIES ABOUT THEM ARE FICTIONAL
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LEGEND
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IT IS A TYPE OF FOLKTALE IT IS USUALLY SET IN NON-EXISTENT PLACES AND FEATURES SUPERNATURAL BEINGS IT ALMOST ALWAYS HAS A HAPPY ENDING
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FAIRYTALES
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CHARACTERS IN MYTHS THAT HAVE THE POWER TO MAKE EXTRAORDINARY THINGS HAPPEN
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MYTHIC HERO
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A MODERN STORY TOLD AS A FACTUAL INCIDENT THAT HAPPENED TO SOMEONE SOMETIMES KNOWN BY THE TELLER AND IS OFTEN PASSED ON THROUGH MEDIA SUCH AS BLOG OR EMAIL
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URBAN LEDGENED
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STORIES ABOUT PEOPLE OR ANIMALS THAT DO AMAZING OR UNBELIEVABLE AND EXAGGERATES A STORY SO THAT IT COULD NEVER BE TRUE
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TALL TALES
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STORIES THAT WERE PASSED ALONG BY WORD OR MOUTH BEFORE BEING WRITTEN DOWN
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FOLK TALE
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MADE UP STORIES THAT EXPLAIN THE CREATION OF SOMETHING IN NATURE THEY SOMETIMES HAVE GODS OR GODDESSESIN THEM
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MYTHS
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A WAY OF SPEAKING THAT IS CHARACTERISTIC OF A PARTICULAR REGION OR A GROUP OF PEOPLE
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DIALECT
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ANY SUPERNATURAL BEING WORSHIPPED AS CONTROLLING SOME PART OF THE WORD OR SOME ASPECT OF LIFE OR WHO IS THE EMBODIMENT OF FORCE
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GODS AND GODDESSES
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SOMETHING THAT CANNOT BE EXPLAINED BY SCIENCE OR NATURAL CAUSES
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SUPERNATURAL
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A DRASTIC CHANGE OR TRANSFORMATION ( IS CAUSED BY MAGIC IN SOME STORIES)
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METAMORPHOSIS
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BELIEFS AND CUSTOMS OF A GROUP OF PEOPLE
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CULTURE
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PEOPLE WHO GROW UP AT ABOUT THE SAME TIME
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GENERATION
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