Literary Elements
Folktale Elements
Folktale Characteristics
True or False?
Conflict
100
The problem or difficulty in the story; a struggle between opposing forces.
What is the conflict
100
What is a moral?
What is the lesson in the story
100
Folktales may contain this specific phrase
What is once upon a time
100
A folktale can be a biography
What is False
100
a problem caused by forces of nature that are out of the character’s control
What is Man vs. Nature
200
Tells when and where the story takes place
What is the setting
200
All folktales began as _______________________ stories.
What is word of mouth
200
Must contain the Rule of _____
What is 3 or 7
200
Each folktale contains a protagonist and agonist
What is False
200
2 people against each other physically or mentally
What is Man vs. Man conflict
300
The way the story is narrated
What is Point of View
300
The problem being solved at the end of the folktale is called ___________
What is the resolution
300
Cinderella, Rumpelstiltskin, and Goldilocks and the Three Bears are examples of
Fairytales
300
Freebie! What is my favorite color?
What is Yellow!
300
character struggles with moral issues, emotional challenges or forbidden desires within character's soul or conscience
What is Man vs. Self conflict
400
the main character/hero of the story; all major events have some importance to this character.
What is the protagonist
400
the narrator is not a character in the story; they are an outsider who refers to all characters as “he” or “she.”
What is third person point of view
400
Each folktale may contain many different ___________.
What is versions
400
A character in a folktale must face an impossible test.
What is True
400
character is held back or rejected by society instead of a specific character
What is Man vs. Society conflict
500
the opponent of the main character.
What is the antagonist
500
If folktales began as stories told by word of mouth, what can be said about the folktales we read and hear today?
What is they change over time
500
Main idea of the story; the idea or lesson that the author wants the reader to get from the story
What is Theme
500
Pourquoi tales explain how things came to be
What is True
500
The two MAJOR types of conflict
What is internal and external
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