Folklore

-10.  The Cinderella stories, a trickster, a perilous journey, a big flood, a door or box that should not be opened and heroes are all examples  of what in folklore?

•  motifs
• morals
• creation myths
• myths

-9.  Stories composed orally and then passed down to a person by word of mouth. They are entertaining and have plots featuring heroes, adventure, magic or romance.

• folktale
• moral
• motifs
• Trickster Tales

-8.  Folk heroes like Davy Crockett, Daniel Boone, and Annie Oakley are found in what type of folklore?

• urban legends
• legends
• fairy tales
• fables

-7.  A repeated figure in design or theme across many cultures.

• fable
• lesson
• moral
• motif

-6.  Stories that explain how the world came to be or how human beings were created.  They may also explain how qualities came about such as...why a zebra has stripes or why a pig has a curly tail.

• Trickster Tales
• Tall Tales
• Fairy Tales
• Creation Myths - Pourquoi Tales

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-5.  Stories that involve characters with highly exaggerated abilities and qualities.  

• Tall Tale
• Urban Legend
• Legends
• Pourquoi Tales -Why? /Tales

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-4.  Stories about pranks, especially when played by the lowly, small, and poor on the proud, big, and rich, and have delighted audiences from the dawn of storytelling.

• Urban Legends
• Trickster Tale
• Myths
• Fables

-3.  A society's oldest stories that may reflect religious traditions and beliefs. They may explain aspects of nature and have gods and goddesses.

• legend
• urban legend
• myth
• tall tale

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-2.  Stories from a society's most recent past. They are inspired by real people and real events and are passed down.

• legend
• fairy tale
• myth
• proverbs

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-1.  A brief story or poem, usually with animal characters that teaches a lesson, or moral.

• Myth
• Tall Tale
• fairy tale
• fable

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