Then picture the characters and action in your mind. To try this, look for descriptiveĭetails that appeal to your senses of touch, sound, and especially Reading strategy: visualizeTall tales are often so exaggerated,įunny, and action packed that you might be able to visualize, or They use exaggeration to make diffi cultĪmerican frontier.As you read, notice how these characteristicsĪpply to “Sally Ann Thunder Ann Whirlwind.”.Like other folk tales, tall tales were originally passedĪlong by being told out loud. Text analysis: characteristics of tall talesĪ tall tale is a humorously exaggerated story about impossibleĮvents.
Real people whose adventures were told so many times that they
Paul Bunyan and Pecos Bill are two fi ctional heroes They were larger than life and able to handle any hardship thatĬame along. Heroines of these tall tales were people like the settlers, but Way was to tell tall tales.Bigger and Better The heroes and One way of coping with the diffi culties life threw their Pioneersįaced wild animals and brutal weather, as well as other diffiĬulties. Workers tested theirĮndurance through chopping lumber and building railroads. Tradition In trying to claim new lands for building and farming,Īmerican settlers faced great challenges. Over those fears.” Now she creates stories with the kind ofįearless female heroes that she thinks would have made her “less ofĪ frightened child.”background to the tall taleAn American
Osborne says, she was “terrifi ed of little things, like insectsĪnd worms and big dogs” and that “it was always a struggle to get Mary Pope Osborneborn 1949Female Heroes As a child, Mary Pope Fill it withĮxamples of compatible couples in books and movies, as well as WEB IT In a small group, create an idea web. This selection, a character who is larger than life meets her Interests, or even from respecting each other’s differences. TheirĬompatibility might come from having similar personalities or That they radiate happiness when they walk down the street. WhirlwindAmerican Tall Tale Retold by Mary Pope Osborne RL 3 Analyze how particular elements of a story RL 1 Cite textual evidence to support analysis of what the text
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