Types of Folk Literature

In which genre are the good characters often beautiful and the evil ones ugly?

• fairy tales
• legend
• tall tales
• fables

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Which type of folk lit uses hyperbole?

• fairy tale
• legend
• fable
• myth

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Which type usually features gods/goddesses?

• fairy tale
• legend
• tall tale
• myth

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Which type features characters that were real historical figures, but their deeds have been exaggerated?

• tales
• legend
• myth
• fable

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CCSS.RL.4.9

Which type features a moral or lesson at the end?

• Tales
• legend
• fable
• myth

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CCSS.RL.8.9

CCSS.RL.4.9

Which type features plants, animals, forces of nature, and/or inanimate objects as characters?

• Tale
• legend
• myth
• fable

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Which type is used to explain a mystery of nature or how things came to be?

• tall tales
• fairy tales
• fables
• myths

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CCSS.RL.4.9

Which type is reflective of a particular culture like the Greeks or Romans?

• Tall tales
• legends
• fables
• myths

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CCSS.RL.8.9

CCSS.RL.4.9

Which type of story would you likely find a princess as a character?

• Fable
• fairy tale
• myth
• legend

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Which type is typically created for children? 

• Tales
• myths
• fables
• legends

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