Paul Bunyan

What type of story is Paul Bunyan?

• Tall Tale
• Myth
• Fable 

What is common about characters in tall tales?

• They are super human
• They are always lazy
• They are always getting into trouble
• They are real people in real life 

Paul Bunyan was a giant lumberjack. What does a lumberjack do?

• Raises dirt up off the ground
• Cuts down trees
• A professional ox handler
• Lives in giant trees

Why was Babe blue?

• He turned blue in the cold
• He was born blue
• Paul painted Babe blue
• None of the abovve

What did Paul Bunyan do that  could really happen?

• He dug the Great Lakes
• He and Babe straightened a twisty  river
• He worked in the forests
• He picked his teeth with a pine tree

Where was Paul born?

• the Wild West
• Florida
• Maine
• Alaska

A spoken or written statement that "stretches the truth" is called

• an inference
• an exaggeration
• a theme
• a folktale

What feature did Paul have as a baby?

• mustache

• 6 fingers

• beard

• braided hair

Where did Paul's parents move him?

• Florida

• Washington

• A cave in the woods

• The ocean

What did Paul yell to cut down trees?

• yee-haw

• watch out

• move

• timber