Tell Me a Tale!

people, animals, or other creatures who take part in a story

• characters
• setting
• plot
• solution

something that happens during the plot of the story

• plot
• event
• setting
• solution

what the story is meant to teach you

• solution
• the truth
• theme/lesson
• myth legend

humorously exaggerated story about impossible events

• fable
• folk tale
• fairy tale
• tall tale

the way a problem gets worked out

• solution
• plot
• problem
• event

story that uses animal characters that act like people to teach a moral or lesson

• fairy tale
• fable
• myth/legend
• tall tale

main events of the story from beginning to end; usually has a problem that the main character has to solve

• characters
• event
• plot
• solution

make believe stories with magical creatures and happy endings; usually start with "Once upon a time..."

• tall tale
• folk tale
• fable
• fairy tale

clues that give you an idea of what will happen later in the story

• event
• characters
• foreshadowing
• solution

simple story passed down from generation to generation by word of mouth; usually to entertain rather than explain or teach

• tall tale
• folk tale
• fairy tale
• fable