Traditional Literature sub genres L13

Folktales are...

• passed down from generation to generation while learning about the culture

• over exaggeration that is usually funny

• stories that give fats and information

Tall Tales

• talking animals that teach a lesson

• over exaggerations that are usually funny

• magical, royal family, good vs evil

Fairy Tales

• talking animals that teach a lesson

• over exaggerations that are usually funny

• magic, royal family, good vs evil

Fable

• talking animals that usually teach a lesson or moral

• magic, royal family, good vs evil

• passed down from generation to generation that usually teaches about culture

Legend

• talking animals that teach a lesson or moral

• explains something about the world that is frightening or mysterious

• connection to historic event or person that uses facts and fiction

Myth

• explains something about the world that is frightening or mysterious

• talking animals that teach a lesson or moral

• over exaggeration that is usually funny

Our story Yonder Mountain is an example of what sub genre?

• legend

• fable

• tall tale

Which Genre gives you facts and information

• Nonfiction

• fiction

• poetry

Traditional Literature

• passed down from generation to generation

• gives facts and information

• could be real but is fake