Story Type Review

Traditional story or group of stories told about a particular person or place. They are associated with a particular locality or person and are told as a matter of history.

• Myth

• Legend

• Urban Legend

• Parable

What kind of story is Jack and the Beanstalk?

• Fairytale

• Legend

• Folktale

• Myth

Answer explanation

Folktales are a kind of story that gets passed on from generation to generation. True folktales do not have a single author. They develop as different people tell them over time

Fable, narrative form, usually featuring animals that behave and speak as human beings, told in order to highlight human follies and weaknesses. A moral—or lesson for behaviour—is woven into the story and often explicitly formulated at the end

What is the difference between a folktale and fairytale?

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What do all of the story-types we talked about have in common?

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What kind of story features gods and goddesses?

• legend

• folktale

• fable

• myth

A _______ is a short story that illustrates a universal truth.

What is the definition of an archetype?

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What are the three archetypes we talked about?

• Spiritual, soul, charisma

• Ego, self, soul

• Character, Symbolic, Situational

• Character, Situational, Spiritual

Odysseus is an example of what archetype?

• Character- Hero

• Character- Mentor

• Situational- Good and Evil

• Situational - The journey

Answer explanation

The Odyssey (story/myth) is an example of the Journey. Odysseus is however, a character.

Identify what archetype Athena falls under. Hermes? Poseidon?

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