Folktales

What is not a characteristic about FABLES?

• Passed down from generation to generation
• Animals, plants, inanimate objects, or forces of nature which are given human qualities
• Usually ends with a moral, or a short sentence with a lesson about life.
• Were like science because they explained how natural events work.

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Which is an example of a myth?

• The Tortoise and the Hare
• Little Mermaid
• King Arthur
• Hercules

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Which is an example of a fable?

• The Tortoise and the Hare
• Little Mermaid
• King Arthur
• Hercules

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Which is an example of a fairy tale?

• The Tortoise and the Hare
• Little Mermaid
• King Arthur
• Hercules

Based on real people who may lived a long time ago
Sometimes exaggerates on their actions
Tells about their heroic actions or deeds
Are all characteristics of a...

• Fable
• Fairy tale
• Legend
• Myth

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Include gods and goddesses, super beings and heroes
Explain natural events
Magical creatures
Teach a lesson
Are all characteristics of a ...

• Fairy tale
• Fable
• Legend
• Myth

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This type of story includes hyperbole and a character larger than life.  

• fable
• tall tale
• myth
• legend

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Which type of story?. . ."Well now, one winter it was so cold that all the geese flew backward and all the fish moved south and even the snow turned blue."

• fable
• myth
• legend
• tall tale

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Complete the sentence by choosing ONE answer. Folktales…

• used to be told mostly by word of mouth.

• used to be mostly written down.

• used to be mostly told through pictures.

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Folktales can be…

• myths

• legends

• fables

• all of the above

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