Definitions
A children’s story about magical and imaginary beings and lands.
What is FAIRYTALES
another way to say storytelling
What is NARRATIVE FICTION
Fairytales have
Characters are prince/princess, working-class people, animals (talking sometimes)
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a feature or quality belonging to a character or story
what is CHARACTERISTIC
The stories, beliefs, etc. that a group of people share by telling stories and talking to each other
What is ORAL HISTORY
A short story, typically with animals as characters, showing a very clear moral.
What is FABLES
Myths have
Gods/heroes that are often there to explain things of the world, nature or customs
Paul Bunyan, Pied Piper, Red Riding Hood
What is a FOLKTALE
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A traditional story, especially about the early history of a group of people or explaining some natural or social mystery, and typically involving supernatural beings or events.
A traditional story sometimes popularly thought of as historical but exaggerated/untrue
What is LEGEND
Folktales have
humans, superhumans, or humanlike animals
Johnny Appleseed, Mr. Pickett, King Arthur
What is a LEGEND
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A traditional story sometimes popularly thought of as historical but exaggerated/untrue
What is LEGEND
A story starting in popular culture typically passed on by word of mouth.
What is FOLKTALE
Fables have
Have characters that are animals - they can talk
Tortoise and the Hare, The Dog and His Bone, The Boy who Cried Wolf
What is a FABLE
The message or lesson of a story
theme
A story starting in popular culture typically passed on by word of mouth.
What is FOLKTALE
A children’s story about magical and imaginary beings and lands.
What is FAIRYTALE
Legends have
Real people, but we exaggerate what they did
Traditional storytelling
What is ORAL HISTORY
speech, customs, and values tell what culture the story is written from
Cultural influences/context