Hero's Journey
Academic Vocabulary
Literary Vocabulary
Grammar
Miscellaneous
100
This is the beginning of the hero's journey. The hero is at home and is bored with his or her everyday life. He or she daydreams of an exciting life or adventure away from home.
What is the ordinary world?
100
What are the circumstances or facts that surround a particular event or situation?
What is context?
100
This is a character or symbol or story or pattern common to human experience; we see it in many cultures; i.e. Hero; the fairy god mother
What is archetype?
100
This is writing so that the subject of the sentence is performing the action.
What is active voice?
100
How many days of school are left after today?
100!
200
This is the part of the hero's journey where something has happened and the hero is called to go on a journey or an adventure, but he or she doesn't want to. They fear that change and that he or she does not have the qualities or skills necessary to complete the journey.
What is the refusal of the call?
200
This one of the ways you can write a definition essay; it describes how something is used.
What is function?
200
This is how the author feels about the subject he or she is writing about.
What is tone?
200
Is the following sentence active or passive? The papers were graded by the teacher.
PASSIVE
200
In the novel The Giver, this is the name of the baby that Jonas' father worries about - he doesn't sleep and he is very small.
What is Gabriel?
300
This is the part of the hero's journey where the character does what they set out to do. They have achieved their goal.
What is the ultimate boon?
300
This is another way to write a definition essay: it shows what something IS NOT in order to prove or explain what it is.
What is negation?
300
This is descriptive or figurative language that creates a picture in the reader's mind.
What is imagery?
300
In the sentence below is the word 'clock' being used as a noun, adjective, or verb? Zoreyanna clocks in to McDonald's at 12 noon every Saturday.
VERB!
300
If you have a B in quarter 1 and a C in quarter 2, what grade will you need to get on the exam to get a B for your semester grade?
an A or B!
400
This is a part of the hero's journey where the hero undergoes difficulties and challenges. It usually happens in threes. The hero may not be successful but he or she does learn something or becomes stronger as a result.
What is the road of trials?
400
facts or reasoning to support a position; a type of essay
What is argument?
400
This is the amount of time a writer gives to describing each event and developing each stage in the plot.
What is pacing?
400
In the excerpt below, the three dots are used to omit or leave out parts of the passage. What are those three dots called? I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America...one nation, under God...with liberty and justice for all!
What is an ellipsis?
400
The introduction of an essay must have a _____ to get the reader's attention and a _______ so the reader knows the writer's position and what they will be explaining or arguing for in the body paragraphs.
What is a hook and thesis or claim?
500
The hero has made it back home, and is trying to find a way to use his or her new knowledge of self and the world to make his home life better.
What is the return?
500
This is a public debate or dispute concerning a matter of opinion.
What is controversy?
500
This is a story in which the characters, objects, or actions have a meaning beyond the surface of the story. For example, the story of the Tortoise and the Hare.
What is allegory?
500
In the sentence below, is the word 'fan' being used as a noun, verb, or adjective? My mother had to pay $250 to repair a broken fan belt on her car.
ADJECTIVE!
500
I will need to study for ____ hours this weekend in order to perform well on the midterm.
What is 2 hours! One hour Saturday and one hour on Sunday!
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