| A | B |
| deeds | acts or actions |
| exaggerate | to describe something as being greater or larger than it really is |
| frontier | a remote area beyond which few people live |
| hero | the main male character in a story, poem, or play |
| heroine | the main female character in a story, poem, or play |
| settler | a person who settles in a new region |
| tale | a story, usually an imaginary or made-up one |
| tradition | an idea, custom, or belief that is passed down from one generation to the next |
| Tall Tale | a story in which the characters and events are exaggerated |