Fairy Tales

Elements of a Fairy Tale

• “Once upon a time”

• “and…they all lived happily ever after”

• Kindness is rewarded

• Evil is punished

• Numbers 3 and 7

• Good vs. Evil

Elements of a Fairy Tale

• Castle (setting)

• Small Cottage in woods (setting)

• Elements of magic

• Talking objects and/or animals

Good Characters’ Traits

Kindhearted

Loyal

Brave

Hardworking

Evil Character’s Traits

Jealousy

Spiteful

Powerful

Malicious

Similes

• Snow White’s hair is as black as ebony.

• Her skin is as white as snow.

• Her lips are as red as blood.

Similes are one way we can describe a character’ physical

traits.

Similes

• First you need to know what noun you are going to use in your simile.

• Second you will need to decide on an adjective that can be used to describe you noun.

• Next you will need to decide if you are going to use “like” or “as” to connect your noun and adjective.

• Finally you are ready to write your own simile.

Similes are an expression that compares one thing to another

using “like” or “as”.

Similes are used to enliven writing or as an alternative to description

using adjectives.

Ex: as cold as ice

as old as the hills

Her hair is golden like the sun.