Folktales
A folktale is a story passed on by word of mouth. True or false?
True
List at least 3 key traits of a fairy tale.
Once upon a time, happily ever after, theme, rich and poor characters, magic, animals, repeated events, castles, forests, towns, problem and solution, characters are bad and good
List at least 3 key traits of legends.
Explains how something in nature came to be, many cultures have them, theme, told orally, very old
Name at least 2 key traits of a fable.
Short, animals that act human, moral at the end
Name at least 2 key traits of a Tall Tale.
Hyperbole (exaggeration), larger than life characters, problem solved
Who were the characters in Lon Po Po?
Name a fairy tale title.
Cinderella, Rapunzel, The Little Mermaid
Name a title of a legend.
How the Mosquito Got its Buzz, Legend of the Bluebonnet, How People Got Different Languages
Name a title of a legend.
The Boy Who Cried Wolf, Thirsty Crow, Fisherman and his Wife
Name a title of a tall tale.
Paul Bunyan, John Henry, Pecos Bill, Johnny Appleseed
A story that included a Greek God is a folktale. True or False?
False
In Bubba the Cowboy Prince, what are the magical elements?
A fairy godcow can talk and turns animals and vegetables into things Bubba needs to go to the ball.
In the Legend of the Bluebonnet, the character She-Who-Is-Alone does what to save her tribe?
She sacrifices her warrior doll by burning it and scattering the ashes to stop the drought.
In the fable The Fox and the Stork, what is the moral of the story?
Don't judge a book by its cover
In the tall tale, Paul Bunyan, what makes Paul larger than life?
Very tall, can cut down a whole forest in a short time, makes lakes with his feet
Little Red Riding Hood
The problem in Bubba is that the wicked stepbrothers and their daddy don't tell Miz Lurleen about Bubba. True or false?
False
In the Legend of the Bluebonnet, how do bluebonnets come to be?
Everywhere the ashes of the doll land and get rained on, a bluebonnet grows.
The characters in The Fox and the Stork were______.
Stork, chicken, fox
What was John Henry's larger than life ability?
He could pound metal stakes into a railroad track faster than a machine.
What were the make believe elements of Lon Po Po?
Talking wolf and gingko nuts will make you live forever
List 3 characters from Bubba the Cowboy Prince.
Bubba, Milton, stepdaddy, Dwayne, Miz Lurleen, fairy godcow
In the Legend of the Bluebonnet, what is a possible theme.
Don't be selfish, Think of others more than yourself. Family is important, etc.
What are the problem and solution in The Fox and the Stork?
Problem: Fox wants to be accepted by the stork
Solution: He gets accepted by the chickens
In the video who is Paul Bunyan's best friend?
Babe the Blue Ox