Folktales Test Review

What is the usual setting of a FAIRY TALE?

• mostly ouside somewhere

• castle

• Ancient Greece/Rome

• often America

What is the key element of a MYTH?

• once upon a time

• very short story

• heros/gods

• stretches the truth

What is the usual setting of a FABLE?

• mostly ouside somewhere

• castle

• Ancient Greece/Rome

• often America

True or False: Folktales are stories that were originally told orally.

• True

• False

What kind of characters are in a MYTH?

• animals

• royalty

• gods

• everyday people with super abilities

What has to be included in the PROBLEM box of a FABLE?

• Make Belive

• Good vs Evil

• Trickery

• Humor

Folktales are usually ____.

• anonymous

• given by an author

What kind of characters are in a FABLE?

• animals

• royalty

• gods

• everyday people with super abilities

True or False: Folktales have different genres.

• Treu

• False

In the solution box, a myth also may...

• tell about an invention

• tell an accomplishment

• teach a lesson

• explain something in nature