| A | B |
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| The genre of literature made up of stories passed down by word of mouth before finding written form | oral tradition |
| Brief stories, usually with animal characters, that teach a lesson are called | fable |
| A story with no known author, originally passed down from one generation to the next by word of mouth is a | folk tale |
| a story that usually explains something about the world and involves gods and other superhuman beings is a | myth |
| a story about the past that may or may not have foundation in fact is | legend |
| a way of speaking that is particular to a region or a group of people | dialect |
| English not conforming in pronunciation, grammatical construction, idiom, or word choice to the usage generally characteristic of educated native speakers (not following the rules) | Nonstandard English |
| a powerful person with unusual gifts who undertakes superhuman tasks, sometimes with the help of the gods | mythic hero |
| a journey in search of something of great value | quest |
| the English that with respect to spelling, grammar, pronunciation, and vocabulary is uniform and widely recognized as acceptable | Standard English |
