1. Myths, Folk Tales, Fables, and Fairy Tales
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Kim Denney, Lake Murray Elementary, Lexington School District One

2. What is a myth? A myth is a story that usually explains something about the world and involves gods and other superhuman beings.

3. Examples of Myths Baucis and Philemon Medusa’s Head Quetzalcoatl
Daedalus and Icarus

4. What is a Folk Tale?
A folk tale is a story with no known author. Folk tales are passed down from one generation to another by word of mouth.

5. Examples of Folk Tales The Nightingale The Seventh Sister
How the Snake Got Poison
Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves
He Lion, Bruh Bear, and Bruh Rabbit

6. What is a fable?
A fable is a very brief story in prose or in verse that teaches a moral or a practical lesson about how to succeed in life.

7. Examples of Fables The Crow and the Jar The Wolf and the House Dog
The Fox and the Crow
The Country Mouse and the City Mouse
The Maid and the Milk pail

8. What is a fairy tale?
A fairy tale is a type of imaginative writing that carries the reader into an invented world where the laws of nature, as we know them, do not operate.

9. Examples of Fairy Tales
Cinderella
Snow White and the Seven Dwarves
Ella Enchanted
Cinder Edna
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10. Quiz Time! Which genre teaches a moral at the end?
What are two examples of myths?
What is a story with no known author?
What are three examples of folk tales?
What kind of story is The Country Mouse and the City Mouse?
Quiz Time!