David Crockett

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David Crockett

• The Day the Sun Froze

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Dee Brown

• Godasiyo, the Woman Chief

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Literary Terms

• Folklore
• Stories passed on from generation to generation
  by people who do not have a written language
• Oral tradition

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More Literary Terms

• Legend
• Type of folklore
• Tells a story of the past
• Explain some mystery of life
• For example, how the world came into being why
  the sky is blue

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Even more literary terms!

• Tall tale
• Type of humor
• Relies on exaggeration for humor
• Plot is deliberately outrageous and unbelievable