C or E or R?!
A quote, example, or statistic from a text
Evidence
The Tortoise and the Hare, slow and steady wins the race!
Fable
To change something
To adapt, or adaptation
Claim or Evidence: Snow days are important for teachers and students because it is dangerous and unnecessary to have school.
Claim
Who tried to prove they were not the bad guy in an adaptation of the 3 Little Pigs that we read in class?
The Wolf
“Different types of folktales may entertain, teach a lesson or try to explain things that people do not understand” (What is Folklore?, 1).
Evidence
Once upon a time in a land far, far away lived an ogre and his wife, Fiona...
Fairy tale
What is the climax of the story?
The most exciting part of the story, the turning point
Topic or Theme: Don't trust strangers
Theme
Folka
Explaining how the evidence supports or proves your claim
Reasoning
Spread around on the internet...this very tall, scary man lives in the woods and supposedly eats children, his name is Slenderman
Urban Legend
The subject of a given text
Topic
Tall Tale or Urban Legend: Johnny Appleseed
Tall Tale
These two brothers collected stories from all across Germany in the 1800s...
Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm, aka The Grimm Brothers
Fairy tales are the best genre of folklore because they are magical, are told with mythical creatures, and are about the battle between good and evil.
Claim
The Boy Who Cried Wolf, the reader learns why to not tell lies
Parable
An ancient story, often religious, that helps explain natural events
Myth (mythology)
Protagonist or Antagonist: One of the main characters, the hero of the story
Protagonist
What was going on that inspired the original story of Hansel and Gretel?
The Great Famine of the 1300s
This evidence showing the frequency of hallucinations demonstrates that ghosts are figment of the imagination.
Reasoning
Tales of Zeus and his family, including his brother, god of the sea, Poseidon
Mythology
Theme
The moral or lesson of a given story
Fable or Parable: The Tortoise and the Hare?
What year was the original Three Little Pigs written?
1890