1. By: Celeste Nunez and Alison Schlicker
FolktaleS
By: Celeste Nunez and Alison Schlicker

2. CharacteristicS Usually teach a moral/lesson. Originally told orally.
Problems and conflicts are clear.
Can include magic

3. SettinG Often set in the past
Fit the geography of the culture that is telling the story
Can be “timeless” or “placeless” stories

4. PloT Conflict that must be resolved Follows specific simple patterns
Related to good/evil

5. TypeS of FolktaleS
Fairytales
Fables
Myths
Legends
Tall Tales

6. FairytaleS Hero or Heroine “Once upon a time” and “Happily Ever After”
Magic, repetition of “3” or “7”
Good and Evil
problem overcome through kindness, courage, intelligence etc...

7. FableS A short story conveying a moral
Usually involves animal characters
Animals can speak and reason
Provide an opportunity to laugh at human foolishness
Written in “prose” or “verse”
Examples:
Aesop’s Fables
Gulliver’s Travels
Animal Farm

8. MythS Include Gods or Goddesses
Explains why something happens in nature by using God/Goddesses

9. LegendS Explains how or why something came to be
Stories about a specific person or place
Associated with a particular part of history
Example:
Pied Piper of Hamelin

10. TalL TaleS Linked to a real historical time period Exaggerated details
Tell a person’s accomplishments

11. ThemeS Universal truth, morals, lessons
Tells what happens to those who do not follow the group traditions/values
Examples:
Love vs. Loyalty
Good Triumphs Evil
Fear of Leaving Home

12. GenrE in the ClassrooM Cross cultural boundaries Teach a lesson
Develop imagination
Build emotional resiliency

13. WhY do KidS LikE FolktaleS?
Escape to a make believe world
Humorous
Easy to follow/understand

14. SourceS
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