Traditional Literature Types

What Fiction genre is passed down from generation to generation?

• Traditional Literature

• Biography

• Informational

"The Harvest Birds" was what type of Traditional Literature?

• Fairy tale

• Myth

• Folk tale

Fables are stories that

• Begin "Once upon a time" and have good vs. evil

• teach a lesson and usually have characters that don't usually talk

• have stories about a real person that is exaggerated

Fairy Tales are stories that

• Begin "Once upon a time" and have good vs. evil

• teach a lesson and usually have characters that don't usually talk

• have stories about a real person that is exaggerated

Legends are stories that

• Begin "Once upon a time" and have good vs. evil

• help to explain things in nature or science that people don't understand

• have stories about a real person that is exaggerated

Myths are stories that

• teach about the culture

• help to explain things in nature or science that people don't understand

• have stories about a real person that is exaggerated

Tall Tales are stories that

• teach about the culture

• have stories about American history but are REALLY over exaggerated

• have stories about a real person that is exaggerated

Folk Tales are stories that

• teach about the culture

• have stories about American history but are REALLY over exaggerated

• have stories about a real person that is exaggerated

An example of a Fairy Tale is

• The Harvest Birds

• Cinderella

• Paul Bunyan

An example of a Myth is

• Paul Bunyan

• Cinderella

• Percy Jackson and the Greek Gods