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Genres
Myths
Fables
Story Elements
What Type?
100

This type of story is very, very, very old. 

Myth

100

The characters are __________

gods or heros
100

the characters are mostly _______

animals

100

This is who the story is about

Characters

100

The Tortoise and the Hare

Fable

200

This is a short story with animals and teaches a lesson.

Fable

200

True or false: Myths are very old stories.

True

200

the plot and characters are (simple, complicated)

simple

200

This is the when and the where

Setting

200

Cinderella

Fairy tale

300

This type of story is passed down from generation to generation, often with talking animals or magical events 

Folktale

300

Myths help explain why _______________

events happen in nature; beginning of the world

300
fables have a ________ 

moral

300

The events of a story is called the ______

Plot

300
The 12 Labors of Hercules 

Myth

400
In this story, characters use magic to help them solve their problems.
Fairytale 
400

This ancient culture is still well known for its myths. 

Ancient Greece 

400
True or False: 

Hercules is a fable.

False

400

This is when all the problems are solved at the end of the story

Resolution

400

The Boy Who Cried Wolf

Folktale

500

This story is usually based on a real event, but the facts have been exaggerated so much that it's fiction. 

Legend

500
In Greek mythology, who is the God of Thunder?

Zeus

500
What author is most known for writing fables?

Aesop

500

This is a person telling the story, but they're not a character in the story

Narrator

500

King Arthur 

Legend