myths, folk tales, fables, and fairy tales a powerpoint presentation
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Myths,Folk Tales,Fables, andFairy Tales
A PowerPoint
Presentation
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What is a myth?
A myth is a story that usually explains
something about the world and involves gods and other superhuman
beings.
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Examples of Myths
• Baucis and Philemon
• Medusa’s Head
• Quetzalcoatl
• Daedalus and Icarus
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What is a Folk Tale?
• A folk tale is a story with no known author. Folk tales are passed down from one generation to another by word of mouth.
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Examples of Folk Tales
• The Nightingale• The Seventh
Sister• How the Snake
Got Poison• Ali Baba and the
Forty Thieves• He Lion, Bruh
Bear, and Bruh Rabbit
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What is a fable?
• A fable is a very brief story in prose or in verse that teaches a moral or a practical lesson about how to succeed in life.
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Examples of Fables
• The Crow and the Jar
• The Wolf and the House Dog
• The Fox and the Crow
• The Country Mouse and the City Mouse
• The Maid and the Milk pail
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What is a fairy tale?
• A fairy tale is a type of imaginative writing that carries the reader into an invented world where the laws of nature, as we know them, do not operate.
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Examples of Fairy Tales
• Cinderella• Snow White and
the Seven Dwarves
• Ella Enchanted• Cinder Edna
Photo from:http://www.jlmatrix.co.uk/joanna/images/enchanted1.jpg
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Quiz Time!
• Which genre teaches a moral at the end?
• What are two examples of myths?
• What is a story with no known author?
• What are three examples of folk tales?
• What kind of story is The Country Mouse and the City Mouse?