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Fables, Legends, and Tall Tales: A Review

Fables, Legends, and Tall Tales: A Review. Fable. A short narrative making a moral point Typically features animals or mythical creatures with human characteristics Found in the literature of almost every country. Examples???. The fox and the stork. Legend.

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Fables, Legends, and Tall Tales: A Review

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  1. Fables, Legends, and Tall Tales: A Review

  2. Fable • A short narrative making a moral point • Typically features animals or mythical creatures with human characteristics • Found in the literature of almost every country

  3. Examples???

  4. The fox and the stork

  5. Legend • Traditional tale handed down from earlier times • Believed to have historical basis • Usually not outside the realm of possibility • May include miracles that were believed to have happened

  6. Legends • Fountain of Youth • Atlantis • Robin Hood • Holy Grail

  7. Examples of urban legends???

  8. Tall Tales • An extravagant, fanciful, or greatly exaggerated story • Often told to make the narrator seem to have been a part of the story • Usually focuses on the achievements of the ultimate hero

  9. Examples = • Johnny Appleseed • John Henry • Paul Bunyan • (Johnny Appleseed and John Henry – probably real people but stories about them have been exaggerated)

  10. Writing activity • Create your own fable, legend, or tall tale. • You may also “borrow” the archetype of an actual fable, legend, or tall tale and modernize it

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