Stories from Europe

Unit Review Sheet

Facts and Definitions

Lesson 1: Tradition Stories

• A fable is a brief story found in almost every culture. It sets forth some pointed statement of truth or moral lesson. It often involves animals with human qualities.
• A folktale is a traditional story in a culture that is passed down through generations, often orally. The story usually involves hard-working heroes and their adventures, and it may involve magic and sometimes romance. A tall tale is a type of folktale that contains hyperbole (overstatement or exaggeration).
• A fairy tale is a story that usually includes fantastic creatures and magic. It is often told orally to children and involves good and evil.
• A myth is a story concerning the early history of a people group — it explains a natural phenomenon.
• A legend is a story that is usually about heroic people, often mentioned in history, and their actions or deeds. The story may be based on some facts but is not completely true.

Lesson 2: Fiona's Luck

• A prepositional phrase is a group of two or more words that begins with a preposition (a word like of, in, between, for) and ends with a noun or pronoun. Prepositional phrases provide extra information in a sentence.

Lesson 3: The Sea King's Daughter

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Lesson 4: The Snow Queen

• An independent clause has a subject and verb and is a complete thought that can stand on its own.
• Coordinating conjunctions are words that connect words, groups of words, or clauses together.
• The 7 coordinating conjunctions are for, and, nor, but, or, yet, so (FANBOYS).
• A compound sentence contains two or more independent clauses.
• Two independent clauses can be joined together with a comma and a coordinating conjunction.
• cunning: clever or sly
• fragment: a piece of something that is broken off
• enchanted: under a magic spell
• detained: delayed or held back
• mournfully: in a very sad way
• bewilder: completely confuse
• provision: something stored for a future need
• obstinate: very determined to have your own way
• eternity: time without end

Lesson 5: Comparing and Contrasting Stories

• Point of view refers to who is telling a story.
• In the first person point of view, the narrator or speaker is telling the story using words like "I" or "me."
• In the third person point of view, the narrator or speaker uses words like "he," "she," or "they." The third person narrator may even know the characters' thoughts and feelings.

Final Project: Writing Your Own Story

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