Folktale

What is a folktale?

• a hero or heroine's quest

• a chase

• an expository text

• something informational

____________ is a traditional story that has been handed down through the generations. 

• nonfiction

• drama

• chapter book

• folktale

This is a traditional story that is passed down orally from one person to another.

• legend

• folktale

• compare

A story that has been passed down from generation to generation.

• fairy tale

• folk tale

• tall tale

A story based on the traditions of a people or region, told by parents to children and then by the children to their children.

• Fairy Tales

• Folk Tales

• Fantasy

• Fiction

Stories or myths passed on through oral storytelling

• Fable

• Fairtytale

• Folktale

• Fiction

A short story that has been passed down from generation to generation by word of mouth.

• Folktale

• Fiction

• Moral

• Setting

How many main types of folktales are there?

• 2

• 3

• 4

• 5

Folk tales are the same in every culture.

• true

• false

What phrase begins a folktale?

• Last night

• Once upon a time

• One day

• Here is a story