1. A Literary Genre By Ms. Mansfield
Tall Tales
A Literary
Genre By
Ms. Mansfield

2. What is a literary genre?
Put your definition of a literary genre on the slide. I did not put one down because I want you to come up with your own as opposed to copying my definition down.

3. Tall Tales Tall tales are stories written from someone’s imagination.
The story can be funny or silly. 
They are filled with exaggerations, similes, metaphors, and lots of descriptive language. 
It is always told as if it were true, even though the listeners know that the story could never really happen.

4. Pecos Bill Why is this a tall tale? raised by a pack of coyotes
uses 2 rattlesnakes as lassos
favorite food is dynamite
shoots all the stars out of the sky
except for one and calls it the Lone
Star

5. Daniel Boone Why is this a tall tale? fought hand-to-hand with a bear
escaped captivity by swinging
on vines

6. John Henry Why is this a tall tale?
raced against a steam powered hammer and won

7. Paul Bunyan Why is this a tall tale?
created Mount Hood by piling rocks on top of his campfire to put it out
had a huge blue Ox, Babe, as a pet
was nearly 100 feet tall

8. Davy Crockett Why is this a tall tale?
killed himself a bear when he was only three
single-handedly fought against his enemies