Classifying Fairy Tale Events as Fantasy or Realism

Differences Between Fantasy and Realism

• Which sentence tells about an event that could happen in real life?

– Cendrillon held a fat lizard in her hand.– The lizard opened his mouth and spoke to her.

What is the reasoning for the choice you made?

Cendrillon Is a Mixture

• Events that could never happen in real life make fairy tales lots of fun!

• Events that are realistic help us relate to the characters in the story.

Help Me Decide Events in Cendrillon

• Event/Detail • Fantasy or Realism

• How I Know

Think about how fantasy and realism are used in the next Cinderella

fairy tale you read.