folktale - a short tale, usually anonymous, passed along word of mouth, fable - brief fanciful stories that present a moral to teach character and wisdom through examples, fairy tales - encompass a wide range of fictional stories set in an indefinite time and place and containing an element of the fantastical or magical, myths - stories that explain specific aspects of life or the natural world, usually in terms of supernatural forces or beings, characters - the persons or beings who perform the action of a story, foil - a character who emphasizes another character’s opposing traits, archetype - character types, plot patterns, or images that recur throughout world literature, protagonist - the main character of a story, antagonist - a force or character who struggles against the protagonist, sympathetic character - a character with whom the reader identifies or for whom the reader has favorable feelings, unsympathetic character - a character with whom the reader cannot identify or for whom the reader has strong feelings of dislike, character motivations - reasons characters behave as they do,

Unit 5: Folktale

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