Tall Tales

What is a tall tale?

• A story that tells about someone's real life

• A type of nonfiction text

• A story about geography

• A story with larger than life characters and untrue events

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What trait MUST the main character of a tall tale have?

• bravery

• kindness

• jealousy

• strength

What is a hyperbole?

• A type of text

• An exaggeration

• A larger than life character

• The reason a character behaves a certain way

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Which statement is a hyperbole?

• Joe returned to the hills he came from in the end.

• Joe reported for work at the Pittsburgh steel mills.

• Joe was a hero to the steelworkers.

• Joe could bend giant steel beams with his bare hands.

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CCSS.RL.3.4

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CCSS.RL.4.5

CCSS.RL.5.5

What does colossal mean?

• very large

• very small

• untrue

• true

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What is an outcast?

• Someone with many friends

• Someone not accepted by a group

• Someone accepted by a group

• A lonely person

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How did Mighty Joe Magarac's body betray him?

• He was able to scoop molten steel with his hands.

• He could work 24 hours a day for 365 days a year.

• His body began to fall apart after his work in the ocean.

• He had to be transported back to Pittsburgh by train.

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CCSS.RL.3.4

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CCSS.RL.5.5

Which example BEST shows how Paul Bunyan was strong in the text?

• He made breakfast for his crew.

• He rescued a baby ox from a snowstorm.

• He dug the Grand Canyon with his ax.

• He wrestled a Gumberoo.

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CCSS.RI.3.2

CCSS.RI.4.2

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CCSS.RL.5.2

Which example BEST shows that Stormy was loved?

• Stormy rescued the ship by wrestling with an octopus and freeing the ship's anchor.

• Stormy was rescued on the beach when he cried as loud as a foghorn.

• The seamen made a ship large enough for Stormy to fit on.

• He moved west away from the sea, so the sailors missed him.

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CCSS.RI.4.2

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CCSS.RL.5.2

Mighty Joe Magarac worked double and then triple time to help with the ship shortage. He even made a whole seafaring fleet in just one night. Which trait BEST describes these actions?

• Strong

• Kind

• Brave

• Speedy

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CCSS.RL.3.5

CCSS.RL.4.4

CCSS.RL.4.5

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.5.5