midterm study guide Flashcards
Describe joseph campbell’s book
It shows how a lot of stories follow the same plot structure
Describe the beginning of the hero’s Journey
The hero’s typical life is disturbed by some kind of event
Why might the hero eventually accept the adventure
The hero may be punished, bad things happen to her, for her refusal to accept the adventure
What is NOT something that the hero encounters on their journey
Romantic love
The structure of the Hero’s Journey is …
Present across genres
What is true about The Hobbit
It has all of the components of the hero’s journey
What is not true about the Hunger Games
Supreme ordeal is when katniss is at the end when she kills Rue
What word did Odysseus use to describe his men after the first battle with the Cicones
mutinous
What expression best describes the fighting skills of the Cicones
well-trained to fight on horseback or on foot
What effect did the Lotus plant have on the people who ate it
Made its victims forget about returning home, and made them want to remain on the island forever
Think about the ways Odysseus is critical of the Cyclops. “Cyclops have no muster and no meeting, / no consultation or old tribal ways…” What does this imply about the type of society the greeks valued
Greeks value hard work, teamwork, traditions, premeditation
What does Odysseus give the cyclops as a gift, and why
a really strong wine so that Polyphemus would get drunk and fall asleep
What does Odysseus tell the Cyclops that his name is and why
nobody because he wanted to trick the monster so the other cyclops would be deceived
What do Odysseus and his men do to the Cyclops and why
They blind him, so they can escape from the rock/boulder
Why does Odysseus shout his real name as he leaves
He wanted Polyphemus to know who tricked him and he was also boasting
What does the Cyclops ask his father Poseidon to do for him
Odysseus’ wife will be with suitor
personification, alliteration, simile? 1. should destiny intend 2. family in his father land, far 3. like a charm he name deceived them
- personification 2. alliteration 3. simile
What instructions does Circe give Odysseus
That Odysseus must go to the Land of the Dead and consult with the blind Prophet Tiresias
what three spirits or ghosts does Odysseus encounter in the Land of the Dead
- Elpenor 2. Articlea 3. Tiresias
What is NOT a prediction that will occur is Odysseus refuses to follow the advice given by the blind prophet
Odysseus will not survive
Why do you think Odysseus chooses to sail toward Scylla rather than Charybdis
he choose the lesser of the two evils, Charybdis would kill them all but Scylla only ate a few
Alliteration, personification, or simile? 1. Scylla made her strike, whisking six 2. the rock bellowing all around and dark sand raged 3. all the sea was like a cauldron
- alliteration 2. personification 3. simile
Why does Odysseus go onto the island by himself? Where are his men at the time?
he is looking to pray to the gods. his men are in the grotto
While Odysseus is gone, what argument does Eurylochus use to convince the men to eat the forbidden item
That starving to death is the worst death, an since they are noble warriors they should not die the worst death
Which God punishes them, and how does he do this
Helios prayed to Zeus for revenge and Zeus brought a big storm and struct the ship with a lightning bolt, flinging them all into the sea
The Odyssey is mostly about how Odysseus did the following
how he performed heroic deeds
What is an epic
a narrative whose central character experiences a conflict with nature
what is writing that is fact based or informational
nonfiction
to use quoted text evidence or use to identify quoted sources
cite/citation
a statement that cannot be proven and one that express a person beliefs
opinion
where and when a story takes place
setting
when the event is opposite of what is expected
irony
a signal or hint of what will occur later in the story
foreshadowing
a comparison of two unlike things that is made by saying that the person or object is something else
metaphor
the turning point of the story or when the conflict reaches its peak
climax
told by someone else outside the story; it uses pronouns he/she/it/they
3rd person narrative
the struggle between opposing forces/ the central problem
conflict
words used to mean things other than their dictionary definition
figurative language
a point that is related to the argument or the point that is being made
relevant
a direct comparison of two unlike things using like or as
simile
writing that is imagined or not based on real people or events
fiction
a statement that can be proved
fact
an object or animal takes on human characteristics or things like/acts like a person
personification
the writers stated position on an issue or problem
claim
an object or activity that represents something else, for example, an object or an emtion
symbol
a situation that gets the action in the plot chain started
inciting event
to story’s sequence of events
plot
the repetition of consonant sounds at the beginning of nearby words
alliteration
the introduction of setting, character, and conflict
exposition
story is told by a character inside the story
1st person narration
the little complications and challenges that build up to the climax
rising action
the author’s message
theme
the way an author shows a reader what a character is like
characterization
the feeling that a word creates rather than the dictionary definition
connotation
