Folktales, Fables, and Trickster Tale

What traditional story is verbally or orally transferred from one generation to another by a skilled storyteller?

• Folktales

• Fables

• Trickster Tale

• Theme

What are the four (4) main elements of Folktales?

• Settings

• Theme

• Heroes

• Plot

• Characters

What element of the folktale is not clearly identified, whereas the place and time happen in make-believe or the imaginative world?

• Theme

• Characters

• Settings

• Plot

What element of the folktale is referred to as basic and simple (flat) and are categorized only as good and evil?

• Plot

• Setting

• Theme

• Characters

What element of the folktale is short and simple, but full of action, the main events however are conventional, repetitious, and ceremonial and the conflict is usually brought around or resolved through noble acts?

• Plot

• Characters

• Settings

• Theme

What element of the folktale always conveys positive virtues?

• Characters

• Theme

• Theme

• Plot

What are the two main types of folktales?

• Epic

• Trickster Tale

• Legend

• Fables

What type of folktale is a short imaginary story which features beasts or animals that behave, speak, act, and reason like human beings and it always has morals woven into the story?

• Trickster Tale

• African Chant and Songs

• Epic Poetry

• Fables

What feature of the fable quickly establishes the setting and character? (Ex. One day, a rabbit...)

• Uses connective words or links to show the sequence of events

• Simple dialogue

• A set form of beginning

• Uses connectives to show the cause-and-effect relationship

What feature of the fable shows the sequence of events?

• Simple dialogue

• A set form of beginning

• Uses connectives to show the cause-and-effect relationship

• Uses connective words or links to show the sequence of events