Learning Objective: Describe the structural differences of various types of imaginative narratives

Literary analysis 3.1

What are we going to describe today?

Describe the structural differences of various types of imaginative narratives

Share with your partner the last story or movie that involved magic and talking animals?

Partner Share

Imaginative narrative- a story that is make believe with events that can not happen in real life

Example: Cinderella

Non- example: Junie B. Jones- Realistic fiction

Why is it important to know the different structural features of various imaginative narratives?

Makes us better reader and it helps us make better predictions.

Various Types of Imaginative Narratives

FolktalesFablesTall TalesFairy talesLegends/ myths

Fantasies- Were animals act like

people- Setting in another

world or imaginary place

- Magic- Characters can have

special powersEx- Harry Potter

FolktalesFables

• Talking animals that act like people

• teach lesson• Tell how things

came into being

Fairy tales

• Begins with Once upon a time

• Good vs. evil• Magic• Talking objects

and animals• Sometimes deals

with royalty• have a happy

ending

Legends/ Tall Tales• Talking animals

•Exaggeration/hyperbole

•Tell how things came in being

•Teach a lesson

Steps for identifying an Imaginative Narrative

1. Read the entire story2. Look at structural

features “ does the story have talking animals, royalty, exaggeration, etc”

3. Determine the type of imaginative narrative

Read the Lion and the MouseThis passage is best described asa. A fable about animals who

learn a lessonb. A fairy tale about characters

with magical powersc. A modern science fiction

storyd. A myth that explains how

things began

A long time ago there were a king and queen who were unhappy because they were childless. But it happened that once when the queen was bathing, a frog crept out of the water on to the land, and said to her, "Your wish

shall be fulfilled, before a year has gone by, you shall

have a daughter."

The passage is best described as a a. Fable because it has talking animals that learn a

lessonb. Fairytale because the characters are royal and

magicalc. A tall tale because the characters are exaggeratedd. A realistic fiction

ClosureWhat makes a story a fairy tale? Fable? Fantasy?

What distinguishes a Tall tale?Why is knowing the features of various imaginative

narratives important?Big Baby

This passage is a tall tale becausea. It has talking animals

b. It has characters that are exaggerated

c. Teaches a moral lesson

d. Has a happy ending

Read each story and identify what type of folktale it is. Is it a fable, fairy tale or a tall tale? Give two reasons to support your answer

Rose was the first child born free and easy to Jackson and Millicent MacGruder. I recall most vividly the night she came into this worlk. Hailing rain, flashing lightning, and booming thunder pounded the door, inviting themselves in for the blessed event. Taking in her first breath of life, the infant did not cry out. Rather, she sat up looked around. She took ahold of that lightning, rolled it into a ball, and set it above her should, while the thunder echoed out over the other. The say this just accentuated the face that the child had the power of thunder and lightning coursing through her veins.

What type of folktale?_______________________________

Two reasons why__________________________________________________________________

Lion, who placed his huge paw upon him, and opened his big jaws to swallow him. "Pardon, O King," cried the little Mouse: "forgive me this time, I shall never forget it: who knows but what I may be able to do you a turn some of these days?" The Lion was so tickled at the idea of the Mouse being able to help him that he lifted up his paw and let him go. Sometime after the Lion was caught in a trap, and the hunters who desired to carry him alive to the King, tied him to a tree while they went in search of a wagon to carry him on. Just then the little Mouse happened to pass by, and seeing the sad plight in which the Lion was, went up to him and soon gnawed away the ropes that bound the King of the Beasts. "Was I not right?" said the little Mouse.

What type of folktale?___________________Two reasons why__________________________________________________________________

Once upon a time as a merchant set off for market, he asked each of his three daughters what she would like as a present on his return. The first daughter wanted a brocade dress, the second a pearl necklace, but the third, whose name was Beauty, the youngest, prettiest and sweetest of them all, said to her father: "All I'd like is a rose you've picked specially for me!" When the merchant had finished his business, he set off for home. However, a sudden storm blew up, and his horse could hardly make headway in the howling gale. Cold and weary, the merchant had lost all hope of reaching an inn when he suddenly noticed a bright light shining in the middle of a wood. As he drew near, he saw that it was a castle, bathed in light.

What type of folktale?___________________Two reasons why___________________________________________