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Folk Tales
Stories of a People
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Folk tales are stories that teach a
lesson and are passed down orally
to each generation.
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There are several types of folk tales:
Type of Folk Tale Example Purpose
Folk Tale
Tall Tale/Legend
Myth
Fable
Ballad
Nursery Rhyme
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Literary Terms
• Motif—an element of a story that is used in many stories from many cultures– Ex—the damsel in distress; the wicked
stepmother; trickster tales
• Denotation—the dictionary definition of a word
• Connotation—your personal definition of a word
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Connotations of a Snake
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Connotations of a Trickster
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The Magic Number
The number shows up again and
again in many different stories.
Examples:
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More Literary Terms
Colloquialism—informal speech; slang
Dialect—the way people from certain areas speak, including expressions and accents
Accent—the way people pronounce words
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“Brer Possum’s Dilemma” Questions—page 597
1. List three examples of the magic number from this story.
2. What dialect does this story sound like?
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“Brer Rabbit and Brer Lion” Questions—page 575
1. List two examples of the magic number from this story.
2. What dialect is used in this story? Explain how this is possible if this story came from Africa.
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Tall Tales
A tall tale is a story, sometimes
about real people, that has been
exaggerated
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Literary Term
Hyperbole—an extreme exaggeration
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The King of the Wild Frontier
Davy Crockett was a real frontiersman
and a hero of the Alamo.
The Whigs created these tall tales
about him because they wanted to get
him elected to Congress.
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Davy Is Born Questions
1. List five examples of hyperbole.
2. What two statements do you think the authors included specifically to make people think Davy Crockett would be a good Congressman?
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Davy and the Frozen Dawn
• Read this story independently.
• Underline examples of hyperbole.
• Keep this story in your notebook.
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“Paul Bunyan’s Cornstalk” Question—page 188 (blue)
1. List three examples of hyperbole.
2. What does this story explain about our world?
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Irony
Irony is when what happens is different from
what you expect to happen. It is often used
to create humor.
Ex—It would be ironic for a teacher to tell a loud class to speak up because she can’t hear them.
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3 Types of Irony
Verbal Irony is when what is said is different
from what is expected.
Situational Irony is when the events of a
story are different from what is expected.
Dramatic Irony is when the audience knows
things the characters do not.
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Foreshadowing
Foreshadowing is clues in a story that let
you know what will happen later.
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Irony in “The Ransom of Red Chief”
Verbal irony—
Situational irony—
Dramatic irony—
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Foreshadowing in “Red Chief”
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Fables
Fables are very short stories that teach
a lesson. They usually have talking
animals.
Giving animals human characteristics,
like talking, is called personification.
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Aesop’s Fables
Aesop is the most famous fable writer.
He lived in Greece 2500 years ago and
wrote these fables to warn politicians
about their bad behaviors.
Some of his most famous fables are “The
Tortoise and the Hare” and “The Lion and
the Mouse.”
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Fable Questions
1. Name the story.
2. What is the lesson of this story?
3. What animals are in the story? And why do you think he chose these animals to be in his story?
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Writing a Fable
• List 2 or 3 annoying behaviors:
• List potential animals:
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Your Fable Must Include…
• 1-3 animals that match the characteristics they represent
• A title that names the animals you used
• Dialogue (talking) for each animal
• 100-300 words
• A sentence with the lesson at the end
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Folk Tale Quiz 1• Tuesday, December 4• Includes questions about “Brer Possum,”
“Coyote Steals the Sun & Moon,” “Brer Lion,” “The Lion and the Mouse,” “The Ant and the Grasshopper,” Davy Crockett, Paul Bunyan, and “The Ransom of Red Chief.”
• Includes definitions of all terms we discussed so far (i.e. irony, personification)