Category: American Literature

Define oral tradition______________?

A. The passing on from one generation to another of songs, chants, proverbs, and other verbal compositions after it has been written down.
B. The telling of songs, chants, proverbs, and other verbal compositions to a single generation within and between nonliterate cultures
C. The use of “like” or “as” to draw a comparison between two unlike things
D. The passing on from one generation (and/or locality) to another of songs, chants, proverbs, and other verbal compositions within and between non-literate cultures by word of mouth

Define trickster tale ?

A. A recurrent thematic element in an artistic or literary work.
B. The struggle found in fiction
C. Giving human qualities to animals or objects
D. A story about a mischievous, supernatural being