Fairytales and Fables

How do fairy tales usually begin?

• Once upon a time

• In a land far away

• long ago

• There once was a

Fairytales usually involve

• food

• magic

• animals

• 1 character

Fairytales usually end with

• They lived happily ever after

• They all had fun and went home

• finished

• done

What makes fairytales different from other stories?

• it happened long ago

• its not real

• it is a true story

• its long

fairytales usually have characters that are

• royalty/magic

• old/short

• real

• unfair

The message or lesson the author wants you to know from the story is called

• moral

• legend

• title

Setting is

• where the story takes place

• who is in the story

• the lesson learned from the story

Characters are

• where the story takes place

• the people or animals the story is about

• the lesson learned from the story

Fables usually have how many characters?

• 2 or 3

• 10 or 11

• 20

• 100

What kind of story is a fable?

• fiction

• nonfiction