The narrative arc
It's the first of a 5-part narrative arc, in which the author establishes all the information essential to understanding the rest of the story.
What is the exposition?
He lead the Argonauts on a quest for the Golden Fleece.
Who is Jason?
In broad strokes, we can divide a formal academic essay into three main sections. Name them.
What is the introduction? The main body of argument? And the conclusion?
She was known as one of the fastest mortals in the land.
Who is Atalanta?
According to our chart, these are the principal characters of a legend.
What are humans/mortals?
It's the official term, of ancient Greek origin, for the main character that a reader will follow through the narrative arc.
What is the protagonist?
Hercules shot and killed the favorite pet deer of this goddess, much to her displeasure.
Who is Diana/Artemis? (She later forgave Hercules and brought the deer back to life.)
It's the part that announces the central argument, or claim, of your entire essay.
What is the thesis?
Atalanta was told she should be weaving at her loom, instead of out with a hunting party in pursuit of this animal.
What is a boar?
If you were an ancient Greek, would you likely regard most of your myths as fact or fiction?
Fact.
In London's story "To Build a Fire," the following sentence can best be read as a contribution to which part of the narrative arc?
"As the crust was thicker at the edge, he was well toward the middle before he broke through."
What is rising action?
This goddess appeared in disguise before Jason and prophesied that he would become one of the greatest heroes of Greece.
Who is Hera?
This part of the essay is your first opportunity to capture the attention and interest of your reader.
What is the grabber beginning?
She was married to Hercules, and she suffered a terrible fate at his hands.
Who is Megara?
It's another term for 'folktale' that we have been using in the class.
What is 'fable'?
It's the last of a 5-part narrative arc, the phase in which the actions and events of the story find some manner of conclusion.
What is the resolution?
This King sends Hercules on his many labors.
Who is King Eurystheus?
What is a topic sentence?
She helped Jason safely escape from the land of Colchis, as the end of the world, and return home with his prize.
Who is Medea?
If myths happen in the remote past, and folktales happen any time, when do the events of legend take place?
The recent past. (Think of the legends of the Trojan War as an example. This war happened within relatively recent memory for the ancient Greeks who told stories about it.)
The term 'antagonist' can be analyzed into its component words, including the ancient Greek word 'agon,' which means...
What is contest? (We can accept close synonyms of this word.)
This hero won a race, with Aphrodite's help, and married Atalanta.
Who is Melanion?
"Unpacking" is a figurative way in which we have referred to what type of activity within the essay?
What is 'analyzing the text?' More specifically, analyzing the quote(s) selected for each paragraph.
This father was disappointed that his daughter Atalanta was not born a boy.
Who is King Iasus of Tegea?
If ancient Greeks revered their myths with a sacred attitude, with what sort of attitude did they regard their folktales?