Traditional Literature

What usually starts with "Once upon a time?"

• Fables

• Fairy Tales

• Legends

• Tall Tales

This is a short folktale that often involves personified animals and teaches a lesson or moral.

• Folktale

• Fairy Tale

• Legend

• Fable

This is type of story is set in a magical land often ruled by kings and queens; the characters tend to be either good or evil. They usually contain a lesson about good or bad behavior.

• Tall Tale

• Myth

• Fairy Tale

• Nonfiction

Which of the following is NOT a type of traditional literature?

• Science Fiction

• Legend

• Tall Tale

• Myth

Traditional Literature is...

• literature that describes imaginary events and people

• writing that is based on facts, real events, and real people, such as biography or history

• stories that have been told by a group of people for generations

• books and writings published on a particular subject

This is type of story is filled with unbelievable exaggerations but is told as if it were true. They are meant to be funny.

• Myth

• Legend

• Fable

• Tall Tale

This is type of story is set in a magical land often ruled by kings and queens; the characters tend to be either good or evil.

• Myth

• Legend

• Fairy Tale

• Tall Tale

What Fiction genre is passed down from generation to generation?

• Traditional Literature

• Realistic Fiction

• Informational

Fables are stories that

• Begin "Once upon a time" and have good vs. evil

• teach a lesson and usually have characters that don't usually talk

• have stories about a real person that is exaggerated

An example of a Myth is

• Goldilocks

• Percy Jackson and the Greek Gods

• Paul Bunyon

• How a Tiger got his Stripes