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Oral Tradition

Oral Tradition. The sharing of stories, beliefs, cultures, and ideas by word of mouth. Oral Traditions are shared with stories, songs, and poems. They share and maintain our culture, history, tradition, and ideas. They help us explain our world. HYPERBOLE. TYPE OF FIGURATIVE LANGUAGE

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Oral Tradition

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  1. Oral Tradition The sharing of stories, beliefs, cultures, and ideas by word of mouth Oral Traditions are shared with stories, songs, and poems. They share and maintain our culture, history, tradition, and ideas. They help us explain our world.

  2. HYPERBOLE • TYPE OF FIGURATIVE LANGUAGE • THE DELIBERATE USE OF EXAGGERATION OR OVERSTATEMENT • USUALLY USED TO MAKE PEOPLE LAUGH • I AM SO HUNGRY I COULD EAT A HORSE. • THAT MAN IS STRONGER THAN AN OX. • Remember Sarah Cynthia Sylvia Stout.

  3. PERSONIFICATION • Another figure of speech • The giving of human characteristics to a nonhuman subject. • Remember “The Desert Is My Mother.”

  4. THEME AND MORAL • Theme is the underlying message about life. (You must figure it out.) • Moral is a directly stated lesson about life.

  5. FABLES • Stories featuring animals that speak and act like humans • Often end with a moral that is stated • Example: Aesop’s Fables The Boy Who Cried Wolf The Fox and the Grapes

  6. MYTHS • Explain the actions of gods, goddesses, and the heroes who interact with them • Can be used to explain natural events • Greek and Roman

  7. EPICS • Long narrative poem or story • About larger-than-life hero • On a quest or dangerous journey • Important to the history of a nation or culture • Example: Beowulf or Hercules

  8. FOLK TALES • Stories about ordinary people • Reveal traditions and values of a culture • Teach a lesson • Example: Johnny Appleseed

  9. LEGENDS • Traditional stories about the past • Based on real-life but facts have been twisted • Now people are larger-than-life • Examples: King Arthur and Robin Hood

  10. TALL TALES • A type of folk tale with hyperbole • Focus on a hero who performs impossible feats • Example: Paul Bunyan

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