Vocabulary
Fairy Tales
Tall Tales
Favorite Characters
Story Elements
100
An overstatement of the truth, to stretch the truth
What is exaggeration
100
The story with murky water
What is The Fisherman and His Wife
100
The Tall Tale had colossal pancakes
What is Paul Bunyan
100
Using only two hammers, I beat a steam drill in a competition to see who could cut through a mountain the fastest.
Who is John Henry
100
I have exaggerations
What is a tall tale
200
A person who is well-known for doing something amazing!
What is a legend
200
I was tricked by swindlers who made my "clothes."
Who is the Emperor (The Emperor's New Clothes)
200
The main character in this tall tale tamed a twister.
Who is Pecos Bill
200
I am a famous logger for the frontier who, as a child, found a blue ox in the woods and called him Babe.
Who is Paul Bunyan
200
My main characters have extraordinary childhoods.
What is a Tall Tale
300
The unexplored parts of American, usually going West!
What is frontier
300
A tale of a girl and her ability to see past appearances (how you look).
What is Beauty and the Beast
300
This tall tale had a character born with a hammer in his hand.
Who is John Henry
300
As a young boy I lived with a pack of coyotes.
Who is Pecos Bill
300
My stories start with Once Upon a Time
What is a Fairy Tale
400
To train to obey people
What is tame
400
Beauty's father brought this back from his travels.
What is a rose
400
This tall tale hero saved his passengers.
Who is Casey Jones
400
I made sure my train was on time.
Who is Casey Jones
400
Something magical happens in these stories
What is a fairy tale
500
Unbelievably large or GREAT
What is colossal
500
I knew the king's clothes weren't real.
Who is a small boy (child).
500
The reason Babe was blue
What is a blue snow storm.
500
I was trapped in an enchantment that changed my looks.
Who is the Beast.
500
The ending isn't always happy
What is a tall tale
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