Legends



n Legends are stories that are accepted as history and do, in fact, have elements of historic fact in them The characters in the stories are sometimes based on real people. § The characters in the stories are sometimes based on real people. § The setting of legends is the recent past.

n A **tall tale** is a type of legend that possesses characters with impossibly exaggerated qualities.

n An **urban legend** is a more contemporary legend that often includes an element of the supernatural. § Urban legends start out as rumors, but once the stories are retold they become accepted as true.

You may complete this task on your own or with one other classmate. After having read either a tall tale or an urban legend, use Inspiration to complete a graphic organizer illustrating how the story fits the characterictics of a legend. You may create your own web or you may use the theme template. There is an example on the Documents page. Be sure to provide cited textual evidence to support your asertions.
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