| A | B |
|---|
| universal theme | a message about life |
| fantasy | a type of writing that can be highly imaginative and contains elements that are not found in real life |
| personification | when a nonhuman subject is given human characteristics |
| irony | involves surprising, interesting, or amusing contradictions |
| hyperbole | an exaggeration or an overstatement |
| dialect | the form of language spoken by people of a particular region or group |
| local customs | unique traditions or ways of life of a particular group |
| folk tales | were told not only to entertain, but also to communicate the shared ideas of a culture |
| fables | brief stories or poems, usually with animal characters |
| myths | fictional tales that explain the actions of gods and heroes, or explain natural phenomena |
| legends | stories often based on facts in which the characters and their actions become more fictional than real |
