Fable, Fairy Tale, Tall Tale, or Legend Test-3rd Grade

What is a Folktale?

• Begins with Once Upon a Time

• Has Magic

• Comes from all over the World

What is a Fable?

• Has Animals that talk

• Characters are thought to be real

• Has Magic

What is a Fairy Tale?

• Humourous

• Begins with "Once Upon A Time"

• Teaches a Lesson

What is a Tall Tale?

• Has exaggerated facts

• Has Magic

• Begins with 'Once Upon A Time'

What is a Legend?

• Has animals that talk

• Told as a true story

• Has been told orally

Which of the following would you find in a fairy tale?

• A lesson or a moral

• Magic

• Characters based on real people

Which of the following characteristics would you most likely find in a Tall Tale?

• A moral

• A hero

• Exaggerated facts

Which of the following makes a story a folktale?

• It always has good and evil

• It is a story that was first told orally

• It will always teach us a lesson

Which of the following is usually a Fable?

• The main characters are animals that talk like people

• There are always only animals in Fables

• There are always animals that have magical powers

You would be most likely to find a moral or lesson in which of the following two kinds of stories?

• A fable and a folktale

• A fable and a fairytale

• A fable and a legend