NOTE TAKING WORKSHEET! Glue or tape this into your daybook.
What stories live on? Fill in the blanks in this informal outline to help you remember key information
about traditional stories. Use page 676 to help you.
1. Traditional stories
• were handed down by ________________________ and later
________________________
• entertain but also help us appreciate ________________________
2. Myth
• explains ________________________
• also explains how things connected with ________________________ came
to be
• usually features ________________________ that have supernatural powers as well as
________________________
3. Legend
• is believed to be based on ________________________
• tells about a hero or heroine with ________________________
• hero or heroine struggles against ________________________
4. Tall
tale
• a ________________________ story with ________________________ events and
characters
• main character is ________________________
• events in story seem ________________________
NOTE TAKING WORKSHEET! Glue or tape this into your daybook.
What stories live on? Fill in the blanks in this informal outline to help you remember key information
about traditional stories.
1. Traditional stories
• were handed down by ________________________ and later
________________________
• entertain but also help us appreciate ________________________
2. Myth
• explains ________________________
• also explains how things connected with ________________________ came
to be
• usually features ________________________ that have supernatural powers as well as
________________________
3. Legend
• is believed to be based on ________________________
• tells about a hero or heroine with ________________________
• hero or heroine struggles against ________________________
4. Tall
tale
• a ________________________ story with ________________________ events and
characters
• main character is ________________________
• events in story seem ________________________