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3rd grade · English Language Arts · Unit 11 of 13

Tales, Poems & Hyperbole

Fables, folktales, legends, myths, rhyme schemes and hyperbole.

What your child practices

Your child tells fables, folktales, legends and myths apart, reads rhyme schemes and stanzas, and spots sound devices and hyperbole.

Alabama Course of Study content standard: 3.11; 3.27 · fables, folktales, myths, rhyme schemes and hyperbole

How we explain it

Children can open this short lesson before they practice.

  1. A fable teaches a lesson. A legend tells of a hero’s great deeds. A myth explains how something in nature came to be.
  2. A rhyme scheme uses letters for lines that rhyme: AABB means lines 1 and 2 rhyme, then 3 and 4.
  3. Hyperbole is a huge exaggeration. Onomatopoeia is a sound word like buzz.

Example: “I’m so hungry I could eat a horse.” What is this? Nobody could really eat a horse. A big exaggeration is hyperbole. Answer: hyperbole

Tales, Poems & Hyperbole in Alabama

In the Alabama Course of Study, this is unit 11 of 13 in 3rd grade English Language Arts, after Reading Patterns and before Wonder & Find Out.

Gradelings describes a child's practice on this unit as Beginning, Approaching, Meeting or Exceeding (Four practice steps). That reflects practice, not a report-card mark: the teacher decides the mark.

Source: Alabama State Department of Education (ALSDE)

Sample questions

A taste of this unit. In the app, questions change every time and get easier or harder to match your child.

  1. Question 1

    “Silly snakes slide south” uses which sound device?

    • onomatopoeia
    • rhyme
    • alliteration
    • a stanza

  2. Question 2

    Many fairy tales begin with…

    • “In conclusion”
    • “Dear Sir”
    • “Step one”
    • “Once upon a time”

  3. Question 3

    Why do writers use hyperbole?

    • to give exact facts
    • to list steps
    • to name a source
    • to exaggerate for effect or humor

  4. Question 4

    Which sentence is hyperbole?

    • My backpack is blue.
    • My backpack has two pockets.
    • My backpack weighs a ton.
    • I carry my backpack to school.

  5. Question 5

    “Buzz,” “crash” and “pop” are examples of…

    • a stanza
    • a rhyme scheme
    • onomatopoeia
    • hyperbole

  6. Question 6

    Lines 1 and 2 end in “day” and “play”; lines 3 and 4 in “night” and “light.” What is the rhyme scheme?

    • ABAB
    • ABBA
    • ABCD
    • AABB

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