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Fable
Folktale
Fairy Tale
Tall Tale
Myth
100
A lonely shepherd called out for help. He said a wolf, wolf, wolf to bring towns people, but it was just a kid's joke because that wolf was not there, but when he needed help when a real wolf came to devour the sheep, nobody believed him. So, help never arrived!
What is the boy who cried wolf?
100
To explain why ordinary things exist.
What is the reason we have folktales
100
Cinderella experienced this from her Fairy God Mother.
What is magic?
100
Hyberboles
What are exaggerations called?
100
A greedy King who learned his lesson.
What is the story of King Midas?
200
A short story that teaches a moral or questions how people behave or think
What is Fable
200
Many version appear in almost every culture.
What is how we know these folktales were passed down by word of mouth before they were written down?
200
An unwanted, uninvited guest made a mess in this families house.
What is Goldilocks and the Three Bears?
200
Ordinary people get these?
What is super human powers.
200
A young man who was Zeus' son.
Who is Hercules?
300
versions with morals of the same basic outline and different characters. One was stinky and one was yummy.
What is the Gingerbread Man and the Stinky Cheese Man?
300
Royalty, peasants and witches.
Who are some of the characters in fairy tales?
300
A hero who killed a bear when he was only 3.
Who is Davy Crockett?
300
This person slayed Hydra the creature with 9 heads.
Who is Hercules
400
A thirst Crow solved his problem of thirst in this fable.
What is The Crow and the Pitcher
400
This story tells of a misunderstood wolf.
What is the True Story of the Three Pigs and the Wolf?
400
This is how the stories always end.
What is "Happily Ever After".
400
Died with a hammer in his hand.
Who was John Henry?
400
The two things that Myths explain.
What is how things happen in nature or to groups of people.
500
A slave in ancient Greece who stories are still told today?
Who was Aesop?
500
A boy made a swap for beans.
What is Jack and the Beanstalk?
500
Characters must overcome this in all fairy tales
What is Overcome Evil?
500
A baby who washed into a New England town from the Ocean.
How and when did Paul Bunyan arrive in the United States?
500
A long journey
What is an Odyssey?