Types of Traditional Literature

Which of the following is an example of a fairy tale?

• The Little Red Riding Hood

• The Fast and the Furious

• The Flash

• Spiderman

A Fairy Tale is about ________.

• Gods and Goddesses

  Explains natural events

  Good=Reward / Bad=Punishment

  Hero’s Quest (Mission)

• Based on real people from history

  Heroic deed/action

  Everyday person

  Fiction mixed with facts

• Royalty and Animals

  Good vs. Evil

  Magical Elements

  Happily Ever After

A Fable is about ________.

• Gods and Goddesses

  Explains natural events

  Good=Reward / Bad=Punishment

• Based on real people from history

  Heroic deed/action

  Everyday person

  Hero’s Quest (Mission)

• Ends with a lesson or moral

  It’s a short story

  Animals are personified

  Setting is typically outside

What are the 4 types of traditional literature we discussed? (you can choose more than 1)

• legends

• fairy tales

• fables

• myths

• science fiction

What type of literature involves gods and goddesses as the main character?

• Fairy tales

• legends

• fables

• myths

What type of literature attempts to explain questions about the world and mysterious natural forces, or what gods and goddesses have done?

• legends

• fairy tales

• myths

• fables

This type of story often develops from a real historical person or event, but takes on fictional elements and is exaggerated as it gets passed along ?

• myth

• fable

• legend

• fairy tale

Examples of this type of traditional literature are: Paul Bunyan, Pecos Bill, and Johnny Appleseed.

• myth

• legend

• fairy tale

• fable

Examples of this type of Trad. Literature are: The Lion and the Mouse, Fox and the Crow, The Boy Who Cried Wolf.

• myth

• fable

• fairy tale

• legend

Examples of this type of Trad. Lit are: Cinderella, Snow White, Little Red Riding Hood, Goldilocks and the Three Bears.

• myth

• fable

• fairy tale

• legend