Folktales
Vocabulary
Vocabulary
What is a villian?
Evil characters in a fairytale
Myths contain these types of characters
Gods and goddesses?
Animals are typically found in what folktale?
Fairytales usually end with?
Happily ever after
Folktales come from these places
What is all over the world?
What is orally, passed down from generation to generation?
Folktales were told this way
What is ancient times or set in the past?
The setting of myths
What is a fable?
A short story
What is castles, forests, or small towns?
Typically the setting of fairytales
Folktales are what?
Passed down from generation to generation
What is conflict?
The problems in folktales
What is used as an explanation for how the world came to be?
Myths
What is the setting for fables?
Outside
What is royalty?
One type of character in fairytales that rule
Name one Folktale we read in RTI
Medusa, Cinderella, Johnny Appleseed
What is resolution?
The ending of the folktale
Who is Medusa?
Someone who turns people to stone
What is weakness?
One character has this quality that causes a downfall
What is the author's purpose of fairytales?
To entertain
Folktales consist of these other types
What is tall tale, legends, and pourquoi?
What is central message, lesson, or moral?
The author tries to teach this
An example of a myth read in class
Medusa
What are fables?
A short story that teaches us a lesson
An example of fairytales read in class
What is Cinderella, Little Red Riding Hood, or Goldilocks and the Three Bears?
Folktales are real or fiction?
Fiction