| A | B |
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| feudalism | an economic system based on the exchange of land and power for loyalty and service |
| romance | an adventure story involving knights who follow a code of chivalry |
| code of chivalry | rules of conduct for knights |
| irony | what happens is different from what is expected to happen |
| quest | a journey in search of something precious or valuable |
| personification | giving inanimate objects human qualities |
| ballad | a song that tells a story |
| epic | a long narrative poem that celebrates the deeds of a hero |
| morality story | a story intended to teach a lesson about life |
| symbol | an object that stands for something other than itself |
| frame story | a larger story that is the basis for smaller stories within |
| situational irony | a character or reader expects one thing to happen, but something else does |
