1.A story or narrative that lies somewhere between myth and historical fact and which, as a rule, is about a particular figure or person.

2. A literary device in which parts of the sentence are grammatically the same, or are similar in construction.

3. The attribution of a personal nature or human characteristics to something nonhuman, or the representation of an abstract quality in human form.

4. Information passed down through the generations by word of mouth that is not written down.

5. Of the nature of, due to, or characterized by reverence.

6. A cumulative tale, where action or dialogue repeats and builds up in some way as the tale progresses.

7. A dishonest person who defrauds others by trickery.

8. A brief, simple, and popular saying, or a phrase that gives advice and effectively embodies a commonplace truth based on practical experience or common sense.

9. An evergreen tropical American tree which bears fruit in the form of large woody gourds.

10. Able to be lengthened or spread out.

11. An African story-form intended to provoke discussion. They are used as a form of both entertainment and instruction.

12. A verse, a line, a set, or a group of lines that appears at the end of stanza, or appears where a poem divides into different sections.

13. A division of four or more lines having a fixed length, meter, or rhyming scheme.

14. Very typical of a certain kind of person or thing.

15. Form an idea of the amount, number, or value of; assess.