Fairy Tales & Tall Tales

Exaggeration is an overstatement of the truth.

• True

• False

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.6

Tall Tales are fictional stories.

• True

• False

Tall Tale characters seem larger than life.

• True

• False

An important part of tall tales is exaggeration.

• True

• False

The setting of tall tales are often places on the American Frontier.

• True

• False

The tall tale character Paul Bunyan was a famous logger who cleared land in the frontier with his blue ox, Babe.

• True

• False

Fairy Tales often start with "Once upon a time".

• True

• False

Tags

CCSS.RL.1.10

CCSS.RL.2.2

CCSS.RL.3.2

CCSS.RL.K.5

What is a moral? 

• a fact
• an opinion
• a lesson
• a direction

Tags

CCSS.RL.1.10

CCSS.RL.2.2

CCSS.RL.3.2

CCSS.RL.K.5

A story that starts with ". . . Once upon a time. . ." and ends with ". . .they lived happily ever after. . ." is a . . .

• Fable
• Folk Tale
• Fairy Tale
• All of These

Tags

CCSS.RL.1.10

CCSS.RL.2.2

CCSS.RL.3.2

CCSS.RL.K.5

The definition of a Tall Tale is...

• A traditional story believed to be based on real people and events

• A humorous story about events and characters that are exaggerated

• A classical story created to explain mysteries of the universe

Tags

CCSS.RL.4.9

CCSS.RL.8.9