Folktale

In The Tortoise and the Hare, who was bragging they would win the race?

• Tortoise

• Hare

• Fox

• Frog

Traditional story that is passed down orally from one person to another.

• legend

• myth

• compare

• folktale

We find out the setting and characters in a folktale at the ____ of the story.

• very beginning

• middle

• end

Folktales...

• are fiction stories.

• are nonfiction stories.

In folktales...

• animals never act like people.

• only people act like people.

• animals act like people.

• there are no animals as characters.

Folktales are always serious and never funny.

• true

• false

Folktales have a problem and a solution.

• true

• false

The ___________ teaches the life lesson in a folktale.

• character

• plot

• problem

• solution

In a folktale, what is often used to convey a moral lesson?

• A) The setting

• B) The characters

• C) The plot

• D) The dialogue

Which of the following is a common characteristic of folktales?

• A) They are always set in modern times

• B) They often include magical elements

• C) They are always true stories

• D) They never include animals