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Background Knowledge and Vocabulary The Tall Tale exaggerate amazing tradition Slide 2 What is a Tall Tale? Tall tales are stories written from someones 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. Slide 3 A tall tale is a uniquely American story form that features (1) a larger-than-life, or superhuman, main character with a specific task (2) a problem that is solved in a humorous or outrageous way (3) exaggerated details that describe things larger than they really are (4) characters who use everyday language and tone Slide 4 Tall Tales Many tall tales are based on actual people or on a composite of actual people. Exaggeration is the major element in tall tales. The settlers loved to exaggerate when they told tales about the huge animals, the incredible weather extremes and the monstrous fish that got away. We can thank the pioneers for making tall tales a tradition. Slide 5 To make something look or sound better, worse, larger, more common, or more important than is true or usual Vocabulary: Exaggerate Slide 6 People who go into previously uncharted or unclaimed territory with the purpose of exploring,colonizing or settling it. Vocabulary: Pioneers Slide 7 A long-established custom that has been handed down from generation to generation Vocabulary: Tradition Slide 8 Why Tall Tales? Many settlers originally came west because someone made optimistic claims. They were told the climate was perfect and that there was plenty of water. They were convinced that crops would spring up overnight. It was said that the soil was so fertile that even footprints would grow! In real life, living on the plains was a lot tougher that the settlers had been told. After they found out what life on the plains was really like, they had to face many hard times. It was easier to handle if that person used humor. Slide 9 Paul Bunyan The Mightiest Logger of Them All Vocabulary: announced chow cornmeal gigantic pickaxe pioneers potbellied terrible thawed Slide 10 The Real Paul Bunyan Historians believe the legend of Paul Bunyan is based on the exploits of Fabian "Joe" Fournier, a French- Canadian logger born in Quebec around 1845. The big, strong Fournier moved to Michigan following the Civil War in search of higher wages and was eventually hired by the H. M. Loud Company. Sitting around the campfire, future newspaperman James MacGillivray would listen to stories about Fournier, which were embellished with every telling. MacGillivray wrote "Round River," a tale about the fictitious lumberjack Paul Bunyan which was published Aug. 10, 1906. Slide 11 Whats real Potbellied Stove Chow Cornmeal mush Pickaxe Slide 12 Whats real Potbellied Stove Chow Cornmeal mush Pickaxe Slide 13 Whats real Potbellied Stove Chow Cornmeal mush Pickaxe Slide 14 John Henry the Steel Driving Man Vocabulary: bulged cascaded flickering maul muscular nitroglycerine protruded shaker towered Slide 15 The Real John Henry John Henry is the most researched folk hero in history. Most think the story is based on the Big Bend Tunnel in WV, but evidence points to the Lewis Tunnel in VA. Listen to the ballad of John Henryballad From Steel Drivin' Man: John Henry, the Untold Story of an American Legend by Scott Nelson, Professor of History, Willam & Mary University Slide 16 Whats real maul shaker nitroglycerin Slide 17 Whats real maul shaker nitroglycerin Slide 18 Finding the Real John Henry The clue came from the song, The Ballad of John Henry Song: They took John Henry to the White House, and they buried him in the sand, and every locomotive comes roarin by says there lies a steel drivin man. Slide 19 Tall Tale Vocabulary Activities Exaggeration Slide 20 How to Exaggerate Vocabulary If youre going to tell tall tales, you better exaggerate your vocabulary as well as your story Dont say Pecos Bill rode a mad tornado, youd say he rode a ________ tornado. Slide 21 Synonyms Word: Mad angry furious livid annoyed irritated upset fuming incensed irate outraged cross Slide 22 Word Scales Word: Mad angry furiouslividannoyedirritatedupset Really mad A little bit mad Slide 23 Word Scales Word: Mad angry furiouslividannoyed irritated upset Really mad A little bit mad Slide 24 Word Scales Word: Mad angry furiouslivid annoyed irritated upset Really mad A little bit mad Slide 25 Word Scales Word: Mad angry furiouslivid annoyed irritated upset Really mad A little bit mad Slide 26 Word Scales Word: Mad angry furiouslivid annoyed irritated upset Really mad A little bit mad Slide 27 Word Scales Word: Mad angry furious livid annoyed irritated upset Really mad A little bit mad Slide 28 Word Scales Word: Mad Really mad angry furious livid annoyed irritated upset A little bit mad Slide 29 Synonyms Word: Big Massive Gigantic Substantial Enormous Large Vast Immense Slide 30 Word Scales Word: Big A little bit big Really big massive substantial vast large immense gigantic enormous Slide 31 Word Scales Word: Said Said mildly Said boldly murmured thundered remarked reported announced wailed exclaimed Slide 32 Word Scales Word: Bad A little bit bad Really bad displeasing terrible appalling dreadful awful wretched atrocious Slide 33 Word Scales Word: Stuck Out Stuck out a little protruded bulged swelled projected expanded distended pouched Stuck out a lot Slide 34 Paul Bunyan The Mightiest Logger of Them All announced chow cornmeal gigantic pickaxe pioneers potbellied terrible thawed Slide 35 John Henry the Steel Driving Man bulged cascaded flickering maul muscular nitroglycerine protruded shaker towered Slide 36 Thank You Slide 37 Davy Crockett Sally Ann Thunder Ann Whirlwind Slide 38 No real Sally Ann David Crockett (1786-1836) was renowned as an adventurer, Indian fighter, bear hunter, and congressman. He was born in a small cabin in Tennessee, not on a mountaintop. He did not kill a bear when he was only three. He was called David, not Davy. Married Mary Polly Finley in 1806 and had 3 children.