Fairy Tales
A children's story about magical and imaginary beings.
What is a fairy tale?
The tall tales are stories with unbelievable elements, related as if it were true and factual.
What are tall tales?
Fable is a short story that illustrates a moral lesson.
What is a fable?
George RR Martin
Which is one of the Classic authors of Fantasy?
Frech fairy tales were the first to be collected.
Which were the first fairy tales collected and written down?
Tall tales contain exaggerations of actual events, for example fish stories
What does the tall tales contain?
Includes a simple conflict and a resolution.
What does the plot include?
Fantasy stories are a genre of fictional narratives that are characterized by the presence of elements that do not exist in the real world.
What is Fantasy?
It has magic and spells, animals act like humans, passed down orally over the years.
What are some characteristics of fairy tales?
The tall tales are important because has become a fundamental element of American folk literature.
Why is the tall tale important?
One characteristic is that the characters are often animals with human attributes.
What is one characteristic of a fable?
Magic , Imaginary Worlds , Mythical Creatures, Epic Quest
Which are the important Elements of Fantasy?
Begins with "Once upon a time" and ends with "happy ever after".
What is a common way in which fairy tales start and end?
What is one of their main characteristic?
Characters, settings, plot, problem and solution, moral lesson.
Which ones are the main elements in a fable?
Themes of heroism, bravery, the power of imagination, and the triumph of good over evil.
Which topics can be used in Fantasy?
The setting often is in a castle or forest.
Where do fairy tales often take place?
The events are often told in a way that makes the narrator seem to have been a part of the story.
How are the tall tales narrated?
The Tortoise and the Hare
What is a fable example?
Magic.
Which is the central element of Fantasy?