A highly exaggerated and often funny story about folk heroes in local settings is a...

• folktale

• myth

• tall tale

• ffairy tale

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A story passed on orally (spoken out loud) from one generation to another is a...

• folktale

• myth

• fable

• legend

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A story that involves magical/fantasy elements such as fairy godmothers, witches, goblins, and elves. These stories often involve a prince and/or princess, this is a...

• Fable

• Folk Tale

• Legend

• Fairy Tale

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Braveheart is based on a historical figure with exaggeration, which is an example of what type of folklore...

• Tall Tale

• Legend

• Fable

• Fairy Tale

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-5.  Stories that involve characters with highly exaggerated abilities and qualities.  

• Tall Tale
• Urban Legend
• Legends
• Pourquoi Tales -Why? /Tales

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Which of the following characters would you find in a legend?

• talking animals

• aliens

• historical people

• gods and goddesses

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-6.  Stories that explain how the world came to be or how human beings were created.  They may also explain how qualities came about such as...why a zebra has stripes or why a pig has a curly tail.

• Trickster Tales
• Tall Tales
• Fairy Tales
• Creation Myths - Pourquoi Tales

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-5.  Stories that involve characters with highly exaggerated abilities and qualities.  

• Tall Tale
• Urban Legend
• Legends
• Pourquoi Tales -Why? /Tales

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-1.  A brief story or poem, usually with animal characters that teaches a lesson, or moral.

• Myth
• Tall Tale
• fairy tale
• fable

A story that was created to explain mysteries of the universe.

• epic

• fable

• legend

• myth

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