folktales

A short story about animals that has a moral.

• legend
• folktale
• fable
• myth

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Traditional story that is passed down orally from one person to another.

• legend
• myth
• compare
• folktale

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A lesson that teaches right and wrong.

• moral
• infer
• myth
• legend

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What is not a characteristic about FABLES?

• Passed down from generation to generation
• Animals, plants, inanimate objects, or forces of nature which are given human qualities
• Usually ends with a moral, or a short sentence with a lesson about life.
• Were like science because they explained how natural events work.

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Which is not a reason why folktales are passed down from generation to generation?

• To strengthen the community and provide a common understanding. Stories often reflect the beliefs of the people who tell them.
• As a way of making their culture more popular and famous than other cultures.
• As a way of providing moral guidance and to show people how they should conduct themselves. The stories also warn of the consequences of not making the right choices.
• To pass on history and knowledge, such as the outcome of battles and tales of courage, in ages when many people could not read or write.

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Which is an example of a fable?

• The Tortoise and the Hare
• Little Mermaid
• King Arthur
• Hercules

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Which describes the length of a fable?

• Fables are chapter books
• Fables are short stories
• Fables have 1-2 sentences only
• Fables are pictures

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What is a moral? 

• a fact
• an opinion
• a lesson
• a direction

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Normally fables have _______ as characters?

• children
• bugs
• animals
• teachers

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Fables ____________.

• teach us a lesson
• are non-fiction stories
• tell us how to be good students
• show us how to draw

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