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WorksheetsTraditional Literature
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 11mins
The repetition of 3 or 7 (such as the 3 little pigs or the 7 dwarfs) are common in what type of literature?
Tall Tales
Fairy Tales
Fables
Myths
Legends
How do fables end?
With the moral of the story
With unusual creatures
With magic
With a person's accomplishments
The conflict in the story involves trickery indicates what type of literature?
Fairytale
Fable
Myths
Legends
Tall Tales
What best describes the setting of a Tall Tale?
At a castle or in a forest
Always at an outside location
Can happen anywhere at anytime (nothing specific)
Linked to an actual historical time period
What type of literature involves gods and goddesses as the main characters?
Fairytales
Fables
Myths
Legends
Tall Tales
How does a fairytale often begin and end?
Once Upon A time ....
They Lived Happily Ever After
So What Had Happened Was...
That's My Story And I'm Sticking To It
It All Began When ....
The End
Have You Ever Wondered How...
And That Is How ___ Came To Be
This is type of story often develops from a real historical person or event, but takes on fictional elements as it gets passed along.
Myth
Legend
Fable
Tall Tale
This is type of story is filled with unbelievable exaggerations but is told as if it were true. They are meant to be funny.
Myth
Legend
Fable
Tall Tale
Examples: The Tortoise and the Hare, The Lion and the Mouse, The Boy Who Cried Wolf
Myth
Legend
Fable
Tall Tale
This is type of story is set in a magical land often ruled by kings and queens; the characters tend to be either good or evil. They usually contain a lesson about good or bad behavior.
Myth
Legend
Tall Tale
Fairy Tale
Which of the following is NOT a type of traditional literature?
Tall Tale
Myth
Science Fiction
Fable
A ___________ is a fictional story that stretches the truth (exaggeration); characters have super-human abilities.
tall tale
fable
legend
myth
An example of a tall tale is ________________.
Cinderella
Four Seasons
Paul Bunyan
The Story of Jumping Mouse
