| A | B |
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| autobiography | the story of a person's life, written by that person |
| biography | the story of a person's life, written by someone else |
| folklore | the traditional customs, legends, and tales of a people |
| metaphor | a comparison between two things, not using like or as |
| narrate | to tell a story orally or in writing |
| prose | speech or writing that is not poetry |
| proverb | a short, common saying that expresses a truth |
| stanza | two or more lines in a poem that are grouped together as a unit |
| symbol | an object that stands for something greater than itself |
| theme | the main though or meaning of a literary work or speech |
