Traditional Literature Unit Review

Traditional Literature Unit Review

Multiple Choice

Traditional Literature is

• literature that describes imaginary events and people

• writing that is based on facts, real events, and real people, such as biography or history

• stories that have been told by a group of people for generations

• books and writings published on a particular subject

Multiple Choice

There are __ types of traditional literature.

• 4

• 5

• 6

• 7

Multiple Choice

Each type of traditional literature has its own

• characteristics

• titles

• levels

• genres

Multiple Choice

Characteristics of a Myth

• 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

• Can be based on a real life

  
  

  Linked to a historic time period

  
  

  Problems solved in a funny way

  
  

  Exaggerated story, uses hyperboles

• Ends with a lesson or moral

  
  

  It’s a short story

  
  

  Animals are personified

  
  

  Setting is typically outside

• Royalty and Animals

  
  

  Good vs. Evil

  
  

  Magical Elements

  
  

  Representation of 3 and 7

  Happily Ever After

Multiple Choice

Characteristics of a Fairy Tale

• 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

• Can be based on a real life

  
  

  Linked to a historic time period

  
  

  Problems solved in a funny way

  
  

  Exaggerated story, uses hyperboles

• Ends with a lesson or moral

  
  

  It’s a short story

  
  

  Animals are personified

  
  

  Setting is typically outside

• Royalty and Animals

  
  

  Good vs. Evil

  
  

  Magical Elements

  
  

  Representation of 3 and 7

  Happily Ever After

Multiple Choice

Characteristics of a Legend

• 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

• Can be based on a real life

  
  

  Linked to a historic time period

  
  

  Problems solved in a funny way

  
  

  Exaggerated story, uses hyperboles

• Ends with a lesson or moral

  
  

  It’s a short story

  
  

  Animals are personified

  
  

  Setting is typically outside

• Royalty and Animals

  
  

  Good vs. Evil

  
  

  Magical Elements

  
  

  Representation of 3 and 7

  Happily Ever After

Multiple Choice

Characteristics of a Tall Tale

• 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

• Can be based on a real life

  
  

  Linked to a historic time period

  
  

  Problems solved in a funny way

  
  

  Exaggerated story, uses hyperboles

• Ends with a lesson or moral

  
  

  It’s a short story

  
  

  Animals are personified

  
  

  Setting is typically outside

• Royalty and Animals

  
  

  Good vs. Evil

  
  

  Magical Elements

  
  

  Representation of 3 and 7

  Happily Ever After

Multiple Choice

Characteristics of a Fable

• 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

• Can be based on a real life

  
  

  Linked to a historic time period

  
  

  Problems solved in a funny way

  
  

  Exaggerated story, uses hyperboles

• Ends with a lesson or moral

  
  

  It’s a short story

  
  

  Animals are personified

  
  

  Setting is typically outside

• Royalty and Animals

  
  

  Good vs. Evil

  
  

  Magical Elements

  
  

  Representation of 3 and 7

  Happily Ever After

Open Ended

What was your favorite type of Traditional Literature?