Folktales Test Review

True or False: Folktales are stories that were originally told orally.

• True

• False

Folktales are usually ____.

• anonymous

• given by an author

Folktales are found ____.

• in only certain parts of the world

• only in America

• in all cultures

• only in Korea

Folktales are ____ and _____.

• moral-less

• timeless

• careless

• placeless

Folktales are passed down from ___ to ___.

• generation to generation

• child to child

• country to country

• family to family

What is the key element of a FABLE?

• heros/gods

• very short story

• once upon a time

• stretches the truth

What is the key element of a FAIRY TALE?

• once upon a time

• very short story

• stretches the truth

• heros/gods

What is the key element of a MYTH?

• once upon a time

• very short story

• heros/gods

• stretches the truth

What is the key element of a TALL TALE?

• once upon a time

• very short story

• heros/gods

• stetches the truth

What kind of characters are in a FABLE?

• animals

• royalty

• gods

• everyday people with super abilities