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