Vocabulary
An overstatement of the truth, to stretch the truth
What is exaggeration
True or False
Fairy Tales are always true stories
What is false
The Tall Tale had colossal pancakes
What is Paul Bunyan
As a young boy, I lived with a pack of coyotes
Who is Pecos Bill
A story that is greatly exaggerated, often about a larger-than-life character.
A Tall Tale
To want to learn more about something
What is Curious?
What is The Fisherman and His Wife
The main character in this tall tale tamed a mountain lion
Who is Pecos Bill
I wanted to help my father
Who is Beauty
True or False: Both fairy tales and tall tales were first told out loud before being written down.
What is True
When something happens very often, it is?
Constant
In this story, the family becomes penniless.
What is Beauty in the Beast
This tall tale had a character who beat a steam drill
Who is John Henry
This character was very fearsome
Who is the Beast
My main characters have extraordinary childhoods.
What is Tall Tales
To train to obey people
What is tame
I was tricked by swindlers who made my "clothes"
Who is the Emperor (The Emperor's New Clothes)
This tall tale hero was always on time
Who is Casey Jones
This character asked for many things, but felt bad
Both fairy tales and tall tales are what kind of story?
Both are Fiction (made-up stories)
A person who is well known for doing something amazing!
What is a legend
I told the king his clothes were not real
Who dug the Grand Canyon by dragging his ax behind him?
Pecos Bill
Who was said to be so big that he carved out the Great Lakes with his footprints?
Who is Paul Bunyan
What do fairy tales usually teach?
What is A lesson or moral