Folktales, Fairytales, and Fables

How can you tell that the Hare and the Tortoise is fiction?

• It can really happen.

• It has talking animals.

• The story gives us information.

• It tells us how to make something.

How does the setting change in the story City Mouse and Country Mouse?

• from desert to a city

• from a home to a road

• from day to night

• from the country to a city

What transition words did the author use in The Gingerbread Man to help organize the folktale?

• then, after, soon, meanwhile

• rolled, baked, opened, jumped

• because, so, since, until

• when, now, meanwhile, lastly

What is the lesson of The Gingerbread Man?

• Be careful what you wish for.

• Don't leave a window open when you cook.

• Don't be too confident.

• Running is goos for you.

Which of the following is a characteristic of fairytales?

• have royalty

• really short story

• teaches a lesson

• mostly about ordinary people

Which of the following is not a characteristic of a fable?

• characters are animals

• has royalty

• really short story

• teaches a lesson

The Hare and the Tortoise is an example of a

• folktale

• fable

• fairytale

• nonfiction

Cinderella is an example of a

• folktale

• fable

• fairytale

• tall tale

Fables are written to

• teach a lesson

• explain why things in nature exist

• tell a happy story

• give information

Anansi the spider is

• lazy

• a trickster

• a prince

• a wise animal