Folktales

What type of characters are typically found in fairy tales?

• Gods and Goddesses

• Everyday people

• Royalty and animals

• Animals acting like people

What is a common setting for fables?

• Castle

• Forest

• Generally outside somewhere

• Linked to a real historical time period

What is the main theme in myths?

• Good vs Evil

• Nothing specific

• Explains how or why something in nature came to be

• Problem solved in a humorous way

Legends often feature which type of characters?

• Royalty

• Everyday people and animals

• Animals acting like people

• Superheroes

What is a feature of tall tales?

• They end with "happily ever after"

• They are based on the life of a real person

• They involve magic

• They contain gods and goddesses

How do fables usually end?

• With a moral lesson

• With repeat of 3 and 7

• With good being rewarded and bad being punished

• With exaggerated details

Which story is an example of a fairy tale?

• Paul Bunyan

• Jack and the Beanstalk

• How the Chipmunk got it's Stripes

• The Story of Medusa

Which story is an example of a Legend?

• The Nutcracker

• The Story of Medusa

• How the Chipmunk got his Stripes

• Paul Bunyan

Which story is an example of a Tall Tale?

• Jack and the Beanstalk

• The Legend of the Bluebonnet

• The Story of Medusa

• Paul Bunyan

Which story is an example of a Myth?

• The Story of Medusa

• Jack and the Beanstalk

• How the Chipmunk got it's Stipes

• Paul Bunyan