Folktales

What is a folktale?

• A story about people

• A story to tell about history

• A story explaining the wonders of the world

• A story about me

Which of the following is not true about Fables?

• Stories that teach a lesson or have a moral

• The moral is never stated

• There is always a fairy godmoth

• Main characters are usually animals

Which of the following is not a type of folktale?

• Trickster Tales

• Why Stories

• What stories

• Fairytales

Trickster Tales are about-

• loki from the avengers

• a clever person who causes problems

• a character who learns a lesson

• a character who overcomes a challenge

We call them "Why" Stories but they are also known as...

• Por overs

• Porkers

• Poorboys

• Pourquois

"Why" Stories do which of the following

• Explain why something is as it is

• Explain how the world began

• Teach a lesson to the reader

• None of these

True or False:

A why story tells how something came into existence

• True

• False

Which of the following applies to Fairytales?

• Magical Helper

• Animal Characters with Human Traits

• A hero or heroine

• Explain how things came to be

What is the purpose of magic in fables?

• To give scientific answers

• To provide interesting plot twists

• to explain the unexplainable

• To help characters

Why is the setting in Fairy tales usually simple?

• The writers didn't want to put too much

• It allows the imagination to fill in the gaps

• Story tellers couldn't remember big details

• People wanted to have the stories be short