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True or False: The word enchanted means something is put under a spell. 

True 

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True or False: Paul Bunyan was a train enginner?

False. 

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True or False: Fairy Tales have royal characters.

True

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True or False: Tall Tales have exaggeration.

True

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What is a setting?

Where the story takes place. 

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True or False: The word feats means the part of the body that you walk on. 

False.

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Which character took her father's place at the castle?

Beauty

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What is an important part of fairy tales?

Magic

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Where do tall tales typically take place?

The frontier

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Give two examples of exaggeration in Paul Bunyan.

Answers will vary

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What does the word exaggeration mean?

A statement that represents something as bigger or better than it is. 

300

This character beat a steam engine. 

John Henry

300

Name two elements of a fairy tale.

Answer vary

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Why is Casey Jones considered a hero/legend?

He saved the lives of people from a train crash.

300

What is the name of the THREE fairy tales we read?

Fisherman and his Wife, Emperor's New Clothes, and Beauty and the Beast.

400
If something displeases you, does it make you happy?

No.

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Which character was raised by coyotes and lassoed a rattlesnake?

Pecos Bill

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What phrase do fairy tales typically begin with?
Once upon a time...
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Which tall tale said that the baby was born with a hammer in his hand?

John Henry

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Which tall tales were about true legends?

John Henry and Casey Jones

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What does the word purse mean?

To pucker out your lips. 

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These characters pretended to create magical clothes for the Emperor.

The Swindlers 
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What type of genre is a fairy tale?

Fiction

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What makes Pecos Bill a tall tale?

Answers will vary

500

Name the characters from ALL the stories we read?

Fisherman, Magic Fish, Wife, Beauty, Beast, Emperor, Swindler, Kid, Paul Bunyan, Pecos Bill, John Henry, Casey Jones