| A | B |
|---|
| folktales | stories told from generation to generation |
| folktales | teach life lesson |
| legends | stories about heroes and extraordinary events |
| cautionary tales | people a punished for misbehaving |
| myths | ancient stories about gods and godesses and supernatural beings |
| theme | a story's main idea or life lesson |
| Swift Runner | protagonist |
| analyzing | identifying the elements of a selection and their relationship to each other |
| inferences | clues to figure out the meaning of ideas not directly stated |
| protagonist | the main character |
| antagonist | the person or force that stands in the way of the protagonist's happiness |
| plot | events and order in which they are arranged in a story |
| conflict | a struggle between opposing forces |
| predicting | guess what will happen next in a tale |
| comparing and contrasting | seeing how things are alike and different |
| Use your power to help people | theme |
| Nyagwahe | the great bear |
| Swift Runner | protagonist |
| the great bear | antagonist |
| man vs. animal | conflict |
