Types of Traditional Literature

Which type of traditional literature includes stories with unbelievable elements told as if they were true?

• Tall tales

• Legends

• Fables

• Myths

What type of story is based on tradition to explain how the world and humankind came to be?

• Myths

• Legends

• Fairy tales

• Realistic Fiction

Stories that could not happen in real life, but teaches a moral or lesson.

• Fable

• Folktales

• Fairy Tales

• Tall Tales

Stories that have been retold many times. Their origins are unknown, and the stories change slightly each telling.

• Myths

• Legends

• Traditional Literature

• Tall Tales

Stories not based on truths that seek to explain a natural event typically with gods, demigods, or supernatural beings.

• Folktales

• Myths

• Fairy Tales

• Tall Tales

Stories where magical things happen and good wins over evil.

• Myths

• Folktales

• Fables

• Fairy Tales

Stories where ordinary folk do things people usually do.

• Fables

• Myths

• Folktales

• Tall Tales

The number of types of Traditional Literature we studied this week.

• 16

• 0

• 1

• 6

Which of the following ARE examples of Traditional Literature?

• Myths

• Legends

• Fantasy

• Fables

Which of the following is NOT an example of Traditional Literature?

• Folktales

• Biographies

• Legends

• Fairy Tales