Exploring Stories

Fairy Tales are stories that

• Begin "Once upon a time" and have good vs. evil

• teach a lesson and usually have characters that don't usually talk

• have stories about a real person that is exaggerated

Folk Tales are stories that

• teach about the culture

• have stories about American history but are REALLY over exaggerated

• have stories about a real person that is exaggerated

An example of a Fairy Tale is

• The Harvest Birds

• Cinderella

• Paul Bunyan

An example of a Fable is

• Paul Bunyan

• Cinderella

• The Tortoise and the Hare

A story retold, passed down through generations and generations. There may be different versions of the same story

• summary
• folktale
• visualize
• myth

A type of folktale that is usually a short story that teaches a moral or lesson. The characters are often animas that act and speak like people.
Example: The Fox and the Crow

• legend
• myth
• fairy tale
• fable

A type of folktale that may contain magic, has good and evil characters, may contain the numbers 3 or 7, often begin with "Once Upon a Time...." and end with "...lived happily ever after".
Example: The Three Little Pigs

• fairy tale
• legend
• myth
• fable

Adjectives that describe what a person or character is like on the insideexamples: kind, funny, selfish

• summary
• character traits
• visualize

• compare and contrast

A retelling of the most important parts of what was read.

• summary
• fable
• folktale

• compare and contrast

A genre of reading that contains myths, legends, tall tales, fairy tales, folktales, and fables

• traditional literature
• fiction
• fantasy
• literary nonfiction