Traditional Literature Review

Story connected to a real person or event in the past with exaggerated details and a good deed.

• Fairy Tale

• Legend

• Fable

• Tall Tall

Story takes place in a fictional land and ruled by royalty.

• Fable

• Legend

• Fairy Tale

• Myth

Short story with animal characters that teachers a lesson.

• Fable

• Fairy Tale

• Myth

• Tall Tale

Funny story with exaggerated details and a hero.

• Fairy Tale

• Tall Tale

• Myth

• Fable

Story features gods and goddesses and teachers a lesson about behavior.

• Fable

• Tall Tale

• Fairy Tale

• Myth

Robin Hood is a

• Fairy Tale

• Legend

• Fable

• Myth

Cinderella is a

• Myth

• Legend

• Fable

• Fairy Tale

Ants and the Grasshopper and City Mouse Country Mouse are examples of a

• Fairy Tale

• Fable

• Legend

• Myth

Paul Bunyan and John Henry are examples of a

• Myth

• Tall Tale

• Fairy Tale

• Fable

Legends, Fairy Tales, Fables, Tall Tales, and Myths are all...

• Funny

• Scary

• True

• Folktales told by a group of people over generations