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Who Am I?
Vocabulary
Characteristics of a Fairy Tale
Characteristics of a Tall Tale
Parts of the story
100
I was born with a hammer in my hand. Who am I?
Who is John Henry.
100
Power to do something; force or strength. Ms. Rosiek tried to open the jar with all of her ______, but she could not get it to open.
What is might.
100
Fairy tales usually start out by saying, "A long time ago" or "________________________."
What is once upon a time.
100
In the tall tale Paul Bunyan, what was amazing about his childhood or when he was little?
What is he was so big he had to sleep in a covered wagon.
100
What was the last wish the wife asked for in "The Fisherman and His Wife?"
What is to be able to control when the sun rises and sets.
200
I asked for too many wishes, and the flounder did not grant my last wish and left me with an old, run- down hut. Who am I?
Who is the fisherman's wife.
200
Stopped briefly before doing something The puppy _________ before going outside in the rain.
What is hesitated.
200
The characters in a Fairy Tale are usually ____________.
What is royal or magical.
200
Tall tales usually have many of these. They make the characters seem larger than life and stretch the truth.
What is an exaggeration.
200
In the story "Beauty and the Beast" we are never told Beauty's father's name. He is called the __________.
What is merchant.
300
Legend says that I dug that Grand Canyon AND created the Great Lakes. Who am I?
Who is Paul Bunyan.
300
Having a desire to learn more about something. The puppy was __________ about the new fallen snow.
What is curious.
300
Fairy tales are a type of __________, meaning they do not happen in real life.
What is fiction.
300
Tall tales were first told how?
What is by word or mouth or telling each other.
300
What was Paul Bunyan's companion or friend that helped him in his story?
Who is Babe the Blue Ox
400
I am the cowboy. Who am I?
Who is Pecos Bill.
400
The unsettled part of the American West. Many people were moving to the __________ in the West to start building houses there.
What is frontier.
400
Name the three fairy tales we read so far.
What is 1. The Fisherman and His Wife 2. The Emperor's New Clothes 3. Beauty and The Beast
400
In many Tall Tales the characters created new landmarks and invented new ideas. What new idea did Pecos Bill invent?
What is cattle roping or to lasso a cow.
400
Did Pecos Bill lasso the rattlesnake or the cyclone first?
What is the rattlesnake.
500
We told the emperor we could make magic clothes that only clever people could see. Who are we?
Who are the swindlers.
500
Achievements or deeds that require courage or strength. John Henry overcame great ______ when he beat the steam drill long ago.
What is feats.
500
The ending of a fairy tale is usually __________.
What is happy. "...And they lived happily ever after."
500
Some Tall Tales have small parts of songs in them that rhyme and repeat lines. These are called what?
What is a ballad.
500
In the story Casey Jones, Casey was a hero and saved his friend's life. (The one who shoveled the coal.) What was his friend's name?
Who is Sim Webb