Folk Tales

What are folk tales?

• made up stories that no one cares about anymore

• stories passed down by word of mouth from generation to generation

• stories in books that old people read to their grandchildren

• stories passed down in books from generation to generation

Folk tales are usually oral traditions before being written down.

• true

• false

Folk tales are the same in every culture.

• true

• false

Which is an element of folk tales?

• supernatural events set in the distant past

• talking animals or other characters with supernatural abilities

• both of the above

• neither of these are elements of folk tales

Folk tales usually include...

• lessons about what is important to the culture of origin

• nothing really important

• lessons about mistakes people make

• music in the background while they are being told aloud

Folk tales are often told using what?

• accents

• music in the background

• dialect

• dim lighting

What is dialect?

• a form of language that is only heard in ancient cultures

• a form of music that goes with folk tales

• a form of story that helps illustrate important things

• a form of language that is spoken in a particular place or by a particular group of people

The use of dialect helps to draw in the reader or listener more fully into the setting.

• false

• true

Brother Fox has what elements of folk tale in it?

• supernatural events set in the distant past

• talking animals only

• talking animals and a lesson about what is important to the culture

• supernatural events and talking animals

What is the moral or lesson in Brother Fox?

• stay away from foxes

• don't let greed or ungratefulness make you do silly things

• you can't trust people to help you when you are hungry

• village people are mean