Fairy Tale Vocab
Enchanted
Under a magic spell
Exaggeration
An overstatement or stretch of the truth
A fictional story with lots of exaggerations is called what?
A tall tale
Who chose to live in the Beast's castle and WHY?
Beauty, to save her father
Curious
Wanting to learn more about something
Challenge
Something hard to figure out
What is the setting for our tall tales?
The American frontier
Who was tricked by swindlers that pretended they made beautiful clothes only intelligent people could see?
The Emperor
Sorrowful
Very sad
Legend
A person who is well known for doing something amazing
What job did Pecos Bill have?
A cowboy
What words could you use to describe the wife in the fairy tale The Fisherman and His Wife?
Greedy, Unhappy, Selfish
Adventure
Frontier
An unexplored place, like the American west in our tall tales
What job did Paul Bunyan have?
A lumberjack or logger
What does the fisherman's hut, the Emperor's palace, and the Beast's castle describe?
Setting
Fortune
A lot of money or belongings
Tame
Trained to be calm and follow directions
Who was said to be born with a hammer in his hand?
John Henry
What wish did the fish not grant the wife in the fairy tale The Fisherman and His Wife?
The power to control the sun, moon, and stars