Folktale Genre Characteristics GEN

Fairytales, Fables, Myths, Legends & Tall Tales are all types of Folktales.

• True

• False

The following 2 characteristics describes which type of literature?

Exaggerated Details, Tells about a person's accomplishments

• Fairytales

• Fables

• Myths

• Legends

• Tall Tales

The following 2 characteristics describes which type of literature?

Animals acting like people, 3 or less

• Fairytales

• Fables

• Myths

• Legends

• Tall Tales

The following characteristics describes which type of literature?

Gods and goddesses

• Fairytales

• Fables

• Myths

• Legends

• Tall Tales

The following characteristics describes which type of literature?

Everyday people, animals are often main characters

• Fairytales

• Fables

• Myths

• Legends

• Tall Tales

The following characteristics describes which type of literature?

Setting is usually in a castle of forest

• Fairytales

• Fables

• Myths

• Legends

• Tall Tales

The following characteristics describes which type of literature?

Explains how or why something in nature came to be

• Fairytales

• Fables

• Myths

• Legends

• Tall Tales

The following characteristics describes which type of literature?

Explains something that happens in nature by using gods or goddesses

• Fairytales

• Fables

• Myths

• Legends

• Tall Tales

The following characteristics describes which type of literature?

Problems are solved in a humorous, or funny, way

• Fairytales

• Fables

• Myths

• Legends

• Tall Tales

The following characteristics describes which type of literature?

Linked to a real historical time period

• Fairytales

• Fables

• Myths

• Legends

• Tall Tales