Tall Tales

What is a tall tale?

• A story with magic spells
  

• A humorous, exaggerated story about a hero
  

• A sad musical story
  

• A real-life biography

Which of these is a common characteristic of tall tales?

• Realistic conversations
  

• Very detailed, true events
  

• Big, impossible feats
  

• No characters

Tall tales are typically from

• Inca Empire

• Ancient Egypt

• Roman Empire

• USA

Who is Pecos Bill?

• A school teacher
  

• A folk hero of American tall tales
  

• A pirate captain
  

• A fairy tale princess

What animal did Pecos Bill ride?

• A giant eagle
  

• A giant turtle
  

• A tornado
  

• A flying horse

Pecos Bill used a rattlesnake as a ______.

• Lasso
  

• 
  Jacket
  

• Radio
  

• Hat

“Johnny and the Machine” is a tall tale because Johnny builds a machine that can ______.

• Control hurricanes
  

• Wash the whole town at once
  

• Talk to animals
  

• Make a railroad

In “Johnny and the Machine,” what was the machine supposed to do?

• Broke thick walls
  

• Wash cars
  

• Harvest crops

• Fly airplanes

Tall tales are often full of _______.

• True facts
  

• Small details
  

• Exaggerations
  

• Mysteries

This place was created while Pecos Bill dug deeper and deeper to control the twister

• Rio Grande

• Grand Canyon

• USA

• A desert