Fantasy & Folk Tale Jeopardy

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Human qualities given to animals

or things.

What is personification?

The lesson taught by a story.

What is a moral?

An extravagantly exaggerated detail that helps a story

come to life.

What is hyperbole?

The main character who usually “wins.”

Who is the protagonist?

Clues that an author gives to hint at what is coming later in the story.

What is foreshadowing?

A short story with talking animals

that teach a lesson.

What is a fable?

It features a clever, but dishonest,

character.

What is a trickster tale?

It contains many exaggerated details.

What is a tall tale?

In our society, this type of tale usually

has Greek or Roman gods as

main characters.

What is a myth?

This type of tale explains how

something came to be.

What is a pourquoi tale?

Cinderella stories are an example of

this genre of folktales.

What is a fairy tale?

An object that plays an important

role in some Cinderella stories,

but not others.

What is a slipper?

They are the antagonists in The

Egyptian Cinderella.

Who are Kipa and the other servant

girls?

A character trait that the Cinderella

character demonstrates in all

four stories.

What is kindness or caring?

The names of the four Cinderella stories we read.

What are Yeh-Shen, The Egyptian

Cinderella, Mufaro’s Beautiful Daughters, and The Rough-Face

Girl?

Rhodopis, Nyasha, and the Rough-

Face Girl

Who are protagonists?

“Mile high ice cream.”

“I’m older than the hills.”

What are examples of hyperbole?

“The wind stood up and gave a

shout. It whistled on two fingers.”

What is an example of

personification?

“Slow and steady wins the race.”

“Don’t be fooled by flattery.”

“Never cry wolf.”

What is an example of a

moral?

Fantasy, Mystery, and Poetry

What are some genres?

The time and place in which a story

occurs.

What is the setting?

A story passed down through

generations through oral storytelling.

What is a folktale?

The main character in a

story.

Who is the protagonist?

The person who causes trouble for the main character

in a story.

Who is the antagonist?

The name for the categories of

folktales.

What are genres?

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A reason that the Cinderella tale and

characters keep reappearing all

over the globe over the centuries.

What are (1) merchants traveling port to port and sharing stories, (2) written

recordings in early civilizations, and (3) popular story (good will prevail over evil) that endures the test of

time?