Storyteller Glossary

by Leslie Marmon Silko

Storyteller Glossary

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Fallability

Tendency to make things wrong

Ostracon

Piece of a pottery item is used for writing

Eulogy

Accolade, tribute

Propaganda

Biased information

Fictive

Born of imagination

Humility

Unassertiveness, meekness

Discourse

Conversation

Juxtapose

Collocate, pair off to create a contrast

Didactic

Edifying, academic

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