Traditional Literature

What is true of a tall tale? (select all that apply)

• Based on the life of a real person

• Problem solved in a hilarious way

• Exaggerated details

• Absolutely true account of what happened

The repetition of 3 or 7 (such as the 3 little pigs or the 7 dwarfs) are common in what type of literature?

• Tall Tales

• Fairy Tales

• Fables

• Myths

• Legends

How do fables end?

• With the moral of the story

• With unusual creatures

• With magic

• With a person's accomplishments

The conflict in the story involves trickery indicates what type of literature?

• Fairytale

• Fable

• Myths

• Legends

• Tall Tales

If you were wanting to read something involving a king, what type of literature should you look for?

• Fairytales

• Fables

• Myths

• Legends

• Tall Tales

Animals are often the main characters in what types of literature? (Select more than one)

• Fairytales

• Fables

• Myths

• Legends

• Tall Tales

What best describes the setting of a Tall Tale?

• At a castle or in a forest

• Always at an outside location

• Can happen anywhere at anytime (nothing specific)

• Linked to an actual historical time period

What type of literature involves gods and goddesses as the main characters?

• Fairytales

• Fables

• Myths

• Legends

• Tall Tales

What types of literature attempt to explain how something in nature came to be? (Select more than one)

• Fairytales

• Fables

• Myths

• Legends

• Tall Tales

How does a fairytale often begin and end?

• Once Upon A time ....

  They Lived Happily Ever After

• So What Had Happened Was...

  That's My Story And I'm Sticking To It

• It All Began When ....

  The End

• Have You Ever Wondered How...

  And That Is How ___ Came To Be