stories with imaginary characters such as witches, giants and elves, dragons, ogres, or fairies.
Usually begin with 'Once upon a time' and end with 'And they lived happily ever after.'
have main characters with extraordinary abilities such as great strength
What genre is Hansel and Gretel?
Medusa and Athena
often begins with 'Long, long ago' or something similar.
a very short story that makes an educational or cautioning point.
Paul Bunyan (fictional lumberjack of huge size and strength)
often include gods and goddesses and other supernatural characters who have the power to make unexpected things happen
The Boy Who Cried Wolf
What is a story with no known author?
Folktales, Fairytales, Fables and Myths are all different _______
often end with, 'And the moral of the story is . . .'
a story based on either a real or fictional person.
have good and evil characters
usually a very old story that explains features of the natural world such as why the sun rises each morning, where thunder comes from, or why the ocean has waves.
The Ant and the Grasshopper
Which genre teaches a moral at the end?
use animals as characters that speak and act like humans
try to answer serious questions about how things began or occurred
