Poetry, Folktales, &Fables Characteristics

A story that takes place in the past.

• Poetry
• Fable
• Folktale
• All of the Above

Contains Rhyme or Rythm

• Poem
• Fable
• Folktale
• All of the Above

Teaches a moral or a lesson

• Poetry
• Fable
• Folktale
• All of the Above

Uses personification - giving human characteristics to animals or non-human things

• Poetry
• Fable
• Folktale
• All of the Above

Stories passed down over the years by word of mouth

• Poems
• Fables
• Folktales
• All of the Above

Contains magic

• Poetry
• Fable
• Folktale
• All of the Above

Paints a picture in the readers mind.

• Poetry
• Fables
• Folktales
• All of the Above

The animals show how foolish or wise people can be.

• Poetry
• Fable
• Folktale
• All of the above

Set up in lines and groups of lines called stanzas.

• Poetry
• Fable
• Folktale
• All of the Above

Good triumphs over evil.

• Poetry
• Fable
• Folktale
• All of the Above