Types of Tales
Cinderella is a character in this type of tale?
Fairy tale
His pet is an ox.
Paul Bunyan
Most famous fablist-a Greek slave
Aesop
Which is written first, then passed around?
Literature
Difference between a story and a tale?
Stories are written-tales are told
Paul Bunyan is a character in this type of tale-
Tall tale
a famous railroad worker
John Henry
True/False: A fable is usually longer than other types of tales.
false
Which has many versions?
Lore
This word means "spoken."
Oral
This type of tale has pagan gods and goddesses-
Myth
This character has a snake lasso.
Pecos Bill
The most common characters in fables are ____.
animals
The author(s) unknown
lore
Who wore a coonskin hat?
Davy Crockett
This type of tale has an ordinary person who shows common sense to solve the problem-
Folk tale
He would make a good mascot for the Pittsburg Steelers!
Joe Magarac
True or False-Aesop was murdered.
True
Lore is called the ______ tradition of literature
oral
Armed with only a hammer
John Henry
This type of lore is based on a real person who captured the attention of America and his/her story just grew and got larger all the time.
Legend
THese two were Kings of their parts of the USA.
Mike Fink and Davy Crockett
Fables end with a _______.
moral
The values in this type of writing are only that of the author
Literature
Why were tall tales created only in America?
USA was known for bragging and boasting