Elements of Folktales

Which type of story includes royalty, such as queens, kings, and princesses, as characters ?

• fables

• fairy tales

• tall tales

• myths

Which type of story includes everyday people with superhuman abilities?

• tall tales

• myths

• legends

• fables

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Which type of story explains how something in nature came to be?

• fables

• myths

• tall tales

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Which type of story has everyday people in everyday lives, a magical element, and is sometimes used to scare people?

• legends

• myths

• tall tales

• fables

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Which type of story involves a problem that is solved using trickery and ends with a lesson?

• fables

• tall tales

• myths

• legends

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Which type of story includes a problem that is solved in a humorous way or through a person’s accomplishments?

• tall tales

• fairy tales

• legends

• myths

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“Once upon a time…” and “And they lived happily ever after"

are special characteristics of which type of story?

• fairy tales

• fables

• tall tales

• legends

Pandora's Box is an example of a ____________________.

• myth

• tall tale

• fable

• legend

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John Henry is an example of a _________.

• tall tale

• myth

• fable

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Which type of story includes animals that act like humans and always take place outside?

• fables

• myths

• legends

• tall tales

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