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| Question | Answer |
| Oral Tradition | Stories have been passed by word of mouth from generation to generation. I.E. Cinderella |
| Irony | Where the opposite of what is expected to happen occurs. |
| Conflict | Identify the conflict in King Midas & the Golden Touch |
| Characterization | Learning about a character by what he or she does, says or what the author tells us. |
| Tone | A writer's attitude toward subject, audience, & self. Be able determine what the tone is in "The Faithful Contest" when Athene slaps Arachne |
| Fairy Tales | kid's stories where magic plays an important role. I.E. Aschenputtel & Yeh Shen |
| Onomatopoeia | Words created by the sounds they make. I.E. pick peck in Aschenputtel |
| Motif | Reoccuring elements in a story. I.E. in Aschenputtel the number 3 is repeated over and over |
| Legends | Stories based on historical fact. I.E. King Arthur, Paul Bunyan, & Davy Crocket |
| Hyperbole | Extreme exaggeration |
| Fables | Short stories that often have animal characters & teach a lesson. I.E. The boy who cried wolf & Belling the cat |
| Moral | The lesson of a story |
| Protagonist | Main character of a story, often the good guy |
| Antagonist | Character in conflict with the main character, often the bad guy |
| Foreshadowing | Clues that hint to the reader what may happen later in the story. |
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