Fairy Tale Vocabulary 1-27

Fable

•  a noteworthy achievement, joy over success, victory

• a life lesson

• a topic or dominant idea

• a short story that is used to teach a moral or life lesson and has animals as characters

Personification

• a figure of speech in which a thing, an idea, or an animal is given human attributes

• a story about magical and imaginary beings and lands

• supreme ruler or someone possessing ultimate power

• extraordinarily great in size; huge

Moral

•  a statement or comment that conveys a meaning indirectly by the use of comparison or the like

• introduction to a story when characters, setting, and background information is explained

• a life lesson

•  disturbance or uproar

Flattery

• a claim or assertion that someone has done something illegal or wrong, typically one made without proof

• a non-historical or unverifiable story handed down by tradition from earlier times

• extreme anger

• to compliment someone in order to get something from them

Virtue

• a story about magical and imaginary beings and lands

•  behavior showing high moral standards

•  a statement or promise that is made

•  no giving up despite difficulty or delay in achieving success

Exposition

•  introduction to a story when characters, setting, and background information is explained

•  pretend to be affected by a feeling, state, or injury

•  a statement or comment that conveys a meaning indirectly by the use of comparison or the like

• a person, group, or force that opposes or attacks; opponent; enemy; foe

Fairy Tale

•  behavior showing high moral standards

• pretend to be affected by a feeling, state, or injury

• a story about magical and imaginary beings and lands

•  disturbance or uproar

Parable

•  a statement or comment that conveys a meaning indirectly by the use of comparison or the like

• a life lesson

• a short story that is used to teach a moral or life lesson and has animals as characters

• behavior showing high moral standards

Theme

• a topic or dominant idea

•  pretend to be affected by a feeling, state, or injury

• a royal domain or kingdom

•  torment or tease someone with the knowing that is is unattainable

Legend

•  a story about magical and imaginary beings and lands

• a person, group, or force that opposes or attacks; opponent; enemy; foe

•  a non-historical or unverifiable story handed down by tradition from earlier times

• extraordinarily great in size; huge