Fairytales
Which of the following is a characteristic of a fairytale?
a) It always tells a true story
b) It includes talking animals or magical creatures
c) It is set in space
b) It includes talking animals or magical creatures
Which of the following is a characteristic of a tall tale?
a) it features ordinary, everyday events
b) it includes characters that are larger than life
c) it is always about animals
b) it includes characters that are larger than life
When someone is curious, they are...
a) bored
b) interested in learning more
c) angry
b) interested in learning more
TRUE or FALSE
If you are displeased, it means you are very happy.
FALSE
If you are displeased, you are not happy about something.
I was fooled by swindlers.
The emperor from The Emperor's New Clothes
TRUE or FALSE
Fairytales usually have a sad ending.
FALSE
Fairytales usually have a HAPPY ending.
TRUE or FALSE
Tall tales usually include exaggerations.
TRUE
If something is constant, it is...
a) changing all the time
b) happening once
c) happening all the time
c) happening all the time
TRUE or FALSE
Winning a large prize in a game is good fortune.
TRUE
I asked my father to bring back a rose from his journey.
Beauty from Beauty and the Beast.
How do fairytales typically begin?
"Once upon a time..."
What is the setting of most tall tales?
The American frontier
If you have admiration for someone, it means you...
a) want to ignore them
b) do not like them
c) respect and look up to them
c) respect and look up to them
What is something that is colossal?
Anything that is unbelievably large.
I had an ox named Babe and was a great lumberjack.
Paul Bunyan
Name two fairytales we read together.
The Emperor's New Clothes
Beauty and the Beast
Name two tall tales we read together.
Paul Bunyan
Pecos Bill
Casey Jones
John Henry
Saying you caught a fish "as big as a house" is an example of...
a) a secret
b) an exaggeration
c) a joke
b) an exaggeration
Show me what it looks like to be sorrowful.
Showing what it looks like to be very sad.
I was born with a hammer in my hand, ready to help build the railroads.
John Henry