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metaphor
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a figure of speech in which a word or phrase is applied to an object or action to which it is not literally applicable
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she is a lion, ferocious and fierce
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Similie
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a figure of speech using like or as
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she was as fierce as a lion
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exposition
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back story
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rising action
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what leads up to the climax
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falling action
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solves any extra problems after the climax
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climax
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the turning point in a story
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resolution/ denouement
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when everything is resolved
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syntax
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the arrangement of words and phrases to create well formed sentences
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tone
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the attitude the author has about the subject matter
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allusion
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a reference to another work; most often biblical, Shakespearean, or mythological.
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alliteration
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the use of the same beginning letter in a sequence
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characterization
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how an author describes a character
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theme
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the loftier idea of a work
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symbol
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something that represents something else
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foreshadowing
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an indicator of a future event
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mood
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how a work makes you feel
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irony
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expression of one's meaning using language that normally signifies the opposite
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imagery
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helps you picture a situation
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hyperbole
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an extreme exaggeration
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suspense
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a sense of anticipation or worry
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personification
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giving an unhuman object human traits
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Homer
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author of the Iliad and the odyssey
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xenia
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extreme hospitality due to a god or goddess possibly being the guest in disguise
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Conventions of an epic poem
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Starts in medias res
told in separate books reflects on values addresses current concerns a long narrative focuses on the adventures of a hero supernatural plays a role vast setting against the odds written in an elevates style journey into the underworld |
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What is the first step of a hero's journey
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the ordinary world
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getting to know the hero
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what is the second step of a hero's journey
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call to adventure
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A challenge or quest is presented to the hero
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what is the third step of a hero's journey
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refusing the call
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hero feels unprepared for the journey, risks are presented
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4th step of the hero's journey
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Meeting the Mentor
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hero meets teacher to gain confidence/wisdom
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what is the 5th step of the heros journey
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Crossing the Threshold
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hero commits to the journey
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6th step of the hero's journey
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Tests, Allies, Enemies
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hero faces tests, encounters allies, confronts enemies, learns rules
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Step 7 of the hero's journey
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Approach to the cave
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Cave is hero's greatest fear that they prepare to face
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Step 8 of the hero's journey
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the ordeal
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hero faces central life or death crisis; faces biggest fear, may experience a death
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step 9 of the hero's journey
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Reward
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hero has survived the challenge and received a reward: a sword, a reconciliation, an elixir, special knowledge, etc
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10th step of the hero's journey
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the road back
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recommits to completing the journey, accepts road home, pushes hero across threshold back into the ordinary world
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step 11 of the hero's journey
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Ressurection
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Final life and death ordeal where hero is reborn a changed person
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12th step of the hero's journey
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Return with Elixir
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True hero returns with elixir to heal a wounded land or share with others in need. Everything is restored
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Name the 9 archetypes
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Hero: Serves and Sacrifices
Shadow: To destroy (could be hero's potential for evil) Mentor: to guide Herald: Challenges hero or offers warning Threshold Guardians: to test, stands in the way of the hero Shape Shifters: questions or decieves the hero Trickster: Disrupts or distracts the hero Allies: helps the hero Femme Fatale: a woman who temps or tests the hero |
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Who is Odysseus
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Protagonist, fought among the other heroes in the Trojan war and struggles to return to Ithaca. Husband of Penelope and father of Telemachus, very cunning, favorite of Athena, enemy of Posiedon
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Penelope
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Wife of Odysseus and queen of Ithaca. Deceived the suitors
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Athena
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Helps Odysseus ad Mentes, daughter of Zeus
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Circe
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Beautiful witch goddess who transforms Odysseus' crew into swine when he lands on their land. With Hermes help he resists her powers and becomes her lover for a year
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The Phaecians
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The people of Phaecia that Odysseus tells the story of troy to
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Helen
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The face that launched 1000 ships. Wife of Menelaus and queen of Sparta. Helen's abduction caused the Trojan war. Criticized for giving into her Trojan captors and causing many Greek men their lives. Offers Telemachus assistance to find his father.
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Menelaus
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king of sparta, brother of aggamemnon, husband of helen, He helped lead the Greeks in the war. Offers assistance
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Scrooge
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Associate of Marley, Old greedy man. Is visited by three ghosts
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Bob
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Scrooge's clerk, a kind, mild, and very poor man with a large family. Though treated harshly by his boss, Cratchit remains a humble and dedicated employee.
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Tiny Tim
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Bob Cratchit's young son, crippled from birth. Tiny Tim is a highly sentimentalized character who Dickens uses to highlight the tribulations of England's poor and to elicit sympathy from his middle and upper class readership.
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The Ghost of Christmas Past
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The first spirit to visit Scrooge, a curiously childlike apparition with a glowing head. He takes Scrooge on a tour of Christmases in his past. The spirit uses a cap to dampen the light emanating from his head.
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The Ghost of Christmas Present
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The second spirit to visit Scrooge, a majestic giant clad in a green robe. His lifespan is restricted to Christmas Day. He escorts Scrooge on a tour of his contemporaries' Holiday celebrations.
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Jacob Marley
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In the living world, Ebenezer Scrooge's equally greedy partner. Marley died seven years before the narrative opens. He appears to Scrooge as a ghost condemned to wander the world bound in heavy chains. Marley hopes to save his old partner from suff ering a similar fate.
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The Ghost of Christmas Yet to Come
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third and final spirit to visit Scrooge, a silent phantom clad in a hooded black robe. He presents Scrooge with an ominous view of his lonely death.
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Fred
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Scrooge's nephew, a genial man who loves Christmas. He invites Scrooge to his Christmas party each and every year, only to be refused by his grumpy uncle.
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