Tall Tale Vocabulary

Acts or Actions

• deeds

• hero

• heroine

• tale

To describe something as being greater or larger than it really is.

• tale

• deeds

• exaggerate

• hero

A remote area beyond which few people live.

• urban area

• frontier

• tale

• city

The main male character in a story, poem, or play

• heroine

• hero

• deeds

• Elsa

The main female character in a story, poem, or play.

• heroine

• hero

• frontier

• Olaf

A person who settles in a new region.

• hero

• tradition

• frontier

• settler

A story, usually an imaginary or made-up one.

• deeds

• realistic fiction

• tale

• hero

An idea, custom, or belief that is passed down from one generation to the next.

• tradition

• frontier

• exaggerate

• pizza

Which are tall-tales?

• Paul Bunyan

• John Henry

• Johnny Appleseed

• All of the above

Which is an exaggeration?

• Mrs. Brennan is principal at St. James.

• I like to eat pizza.

• My dog is the size of the moon.

• The tree is tall.