Folktales
Vocabulary
Vocabulary
The genre of folktales
What is fiction?
Myths contain these types of characters
What is gods and goddesses?
The types of characters typically in fables
What is animals?
The ending characteristic of a fairy tale
What is happily ever after?
True or False: Folktales come from only one place
False. They come from all over the world?
Folktales were told this way
What is orally, passed down from generation to generation?
The setting of myths
What is ancient times or set in the past?
What is the main purpose of a fable?
To teach a moral or lesson
Who do legends feature?
Real life humans
Why are folktales different depending on what part of the world they came from?
They represent different cultures
What is conflict?
Myths explain this
What is an explanation for how the world came to be?
What does exaggerated mean?
making an event larger than it really is
One type of character in fairytales that rule
What is royalty?
True or False? Only Fables have a lesson or moral.
False. All folktales can have a lesson or moral
What are the most famous myths? Where did they come from?
Greek
Main characteristics of tall tales
larger than life hero and exaggerated events
A characteristic of legends
are about a real person and have exaggerated events
Folktales consist of these other types
What is tall tale, legends, myth, fable, fairy tale, trickster
The author tries to teach this
What is central message, lesson, or moral?
A characteristic of tricksters
they outsmart others, sometimes causing chaos
The characters in fables act like this
What is humans?
Characteristic found in all fairy tales
magic
Because they were told by mouth, and people didn't have the time to tell a 3 hour long story, folktales typically have this characteristic
They are short