Recently Studied Terms
The Rhetorical Triangle
Archetypes
Common Symbols
The Hero's Journey
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The antagonist of the story.
What is the term used to describe a character who works against the main character or hero?
100
The definition of The word rhetoric.
What is using language purposely to achieve a specific desired effect.
100
The word archetype is made up of two Greek words: arche, which means ___________, and typos, which means____________.
What are original (arche) and model or form (typos)?
100
The season associated with birth, childhood, or a new beginning.
What is spring?
100
Described as a journey of __________.
What is self discovery?
200
Thursday, September 5, 2013 at 5:30 in the courtyard at ALLPS/West Campus. There is music, food, family, friends, and fun. This is an example of ______________.
What is setting?
200
The terms that appear in the middle of the rhetorical triangle.
What are text and medium?
200
A wise person who teaches or helps the hero.
What is a mentor or guide?
200
The season that symbolizes maturity or a person's latter years.
What is fall?
200
Stage where the hero is honored or remembered or shockingly come back when he/she was presumed dead.
What is the return?
300
The theme of a story.
What is the message, lesson, or author's purpose?
300
The terms that appear on the outer circle that surrounds the triangle.
What are cultural and historical context?
300
The definition of archetype.
What is a recurring pattern or symbol, character type, theme, setting, or event in literature or in life?
300
A tree is associated with _________ and ___________.
What are life and knowledge?
300
Stage where the hero reconciles with an important person from his/her past.
What is atonement?
400
Connotation
What is the cultural definition of a word?
400
The terms that appear at the three points of the triangle.
What are author, audience, and purpose?
400
In The Lion King, Timon and Pumba are example of this archetype.
What is a servant or a sidekick?
400
Mountains are associated with________ and rivers are associated with_______.
What are achievement and crossing or transformation?
400
Stage where hero trains and/or develops important skills and is often helped or encouraged by someone, i.e. has a mentor.
What is the initiation?
500
Reading between the lines.
What is inference?
500
Readers, viewers, or listeners that the author did not have in mind at the time he/she created his/her text.
What is an unintended audience?
500
A wise fool or a joker.
What is a trickster?
500
Blue is commonly a symbol for _______, and red is commonly a symbol for _______.
What are peace/calm/cleansing (blue) and anger/war/sin/passion (red)?
500
Most dramatic stage where the hero accepts a challenge and struggles to overcome problems or obstacles to achieve his or her goal.
What is the quest, specifically trials and tests?
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