Fables and Fairytales

Fables are usually

• short stories

• long stories

• chapter books

Check all of the characteristics of a fairy tale.

• there are only talking animals as characters

• begins with "once upon a time"

• has good and evil characters

• ends with "they lived happily ever after"

Is "The Tortoise and the Hare" an example of a fable?

• yes

• no

How many characters do fables usually have?

• 2 or 3

• 10 or 11

• 20

• 100

"Cinderella" is an example of a....

• Fairy Tale

• Fable

• Tall Tale

• Myth

Select all the things that a Fable includes-

• Make believe characters

• Animals as the main characters

• A lesson/message that you can learn from

• Magic

Select all of the things that a Fairytale includes-

• Creatures that don't exist

• Starts with "Once Upon a Time"

• Ends with "Happily Ever After"

• Is passed down from generation to generation

Royalty (kings, Queens, Prince, Princess ) is a characteristics of which?

• Fable

• Fairy Tale

• Myth

• Legend

Characters can be animals or elements of nature and is a short story with a moral lesson.

• Myth

• Fable

• Fairy Tale

• Legend

Is magical, and has good versus evil is a charcteristic of a ______.

• Fable

• Fairy Tale

• Folk Tale

• Legend