What is the meaning of a tall tale?

Answer 1

A tall tale is a story with unbelievable elements, told as if it were the truth. Some such stories are exaggerations of actual historical events and people. Tall tales are a part of folklore.
Some call them bald-faced lies. Some call them campfire stories.

Answer 2

A tall tale is an exaggerated hyped mega loquacious narration to influence others to believe and gain a psychological satisfaction of esteem.

Answer 3

a tall tale, i suspect, would be an exaggerated story & if any truth it would be stretched, whereas a folk tale would be one based upon an old day belief system sometimes with a slight twisted moral

Answer 4

A tall tale is an exaggerated mega loquacious narration about an event and often ridicules the narrator instead of the esteem expected or hoped by the narrator.

A folk tale is a story that comes from oral tradition and has interesting anecdotes or a universal themes of adventure or moral values.

A tall tale can be created on the spur of the moment or added to an earlier fact by the narrator except that it can be total false or distorted and magnified to gain popularity,pride or esteem and satisfaction of having convinced the listener/listeners that it is true.The objective in a tall tale is not to instruct anything, but just to narrate a hyped story with a straight face and try to convince it to be true.

A folk tale, on the other hand, is a story could have its origin in a tall tale to become popular and handed down in a cultural tradition in any community.

Answer 5

• A tall tale is a story with unbelievable elements, related as if it were true and factual. Some such stories are exaggerations of actual events, fish stories ('the fish that got away') such as, "that fish was so big, why I tell ya', it nearly sank the boat when I pulled it in!".
• Other tall tales are completely fictional tales in a familiar setting, such as the American Old West or the beginning of the Industrial Age.
• Tall tales are often told so as to make the narrator seem to have been a part of the story. They are usually humorous or witty.
• The line between myth and tall tale is distinguished primarily by age; many myths exaggerate the exploits of their heroes, but in tall tales the exaggeration looms large, to the extent of becoming the whole of the story.

Answer 6

It's kind of like a story that is impossible and full of fantasy. The things that occur in the story cannot happen in real life.

Answer 7

a story or a statement that is difficult to believe because it is too exciting or interesting

Answer 8

Paul Bunyan, Pecos Bill, Mike Fink, Swamp Angel, Davy Crockett, Johnny Appleseed, Fifteen Foot Fran, Big Jabe

Answer 9

folktale

One that stretches belief an sounds implausible.