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Folk tales
Fairy Tales
Tall Tales
Legends
Fables
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A folk tale is a story passed down by word of mouth, involving heros, magic and traits common to the place or origin.
What is a folk tale?
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A fairy tale is a magical story that is filled with dreamlike possibility.
What is a fairy tale?
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Presumed to not be true, and are distinctly American, explains how things came to be in America.
What is a tall tale?
100
A legend has a historical basis and is from a recognizable place in the world.
What is a legend?
100
A fable is a short story that teaches a lesson or a moral.
What is a fable?
200
We have read Hansel and Gretel and Lon Po Po
What folk tales have we read in class?
200
Once upon a time
What does a fairy tale normally begin with?
200
We have read Paul Bunyan and Davy Crockett,
What are some Tall Tales we have read in class?
200
Legends are based on a real event or a person.
What are legends based on?
200
We have read City Mouse Country Mouse, The flying Tortoise, the Boy who cried Wolf and The Tortoise and the Hare.
What are some fables we have read in class?
300
Conflict
What are the plots filled with in folk tales?
300
...happily ever after.
What does a fairy tale normally end with?
300
Exaggeration
What is key in a tall tale?
300
The legend of the Poinsettia, and The Legend of the Magic Carpet.
What are some legends we have read in class?
300
To appreciate what we have and not take anything for granted.
What moral or lesson did we learn from City Mouse Country Mouse?
400
Logic rules over evil, Gretel uses her logic to push the witch into the oven.
How is Hansel and Gretel a folk tale?
400
We have read Snow White, Beauty and the Beast, Cindy Ellen, and Cindderreellla.
What fairy tales have we read in class?
400
They are larger than life.
What are characters in a tall tale like?
400
The story explains why people of Mexican culture put out poinsettias during Christmas time.
What makes The Legend of the Poinsettia a legend?
400
It taught us to realize that it is better to take our time to do things rather than just run through it.
Why is The Tortoise and the Hare a fable?
500
The eldest sister outsmarts the wolf and distracts him from eating her sisters.
How is Lon Po Po a folk tale?
500
Magic!
What must a fairy tale contain?
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The story is American, the main character is larger than life, and the story is exaggerated.
What makes Paul Bunyan a tall tale?
500
The legend is based on a real event or person and a fairy tale is not real.
What makes a legend different from a fairy tale?
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We learned not to tease or joke about something, otherwise it something might happen and people may not believe us.
What makes the Boy Who Cried Wolf a fable?