| A | B |
| narrative | a story |
| mnemonic | a strategy to help people remember something |
| oral tradition | spoken tradition |
| alliteration | repetition of sounds at start of words that are close together |
| consonance | repetition of consonant sounds in words that are close together |
| assonance | repetition of vowel sounds in words that are close together |
| symbol | something that stands for something other than itself |
| epic | a long narrative about a hero who symbolizes values |
| epic hero | symbolizes values of a culture |
| ordinary world | where a hero begins |
| call to adventure | when the hero receives a message about a challenge and accepts it |
| ordeal | the hero faces death or defeat |