Theme or Topic?
Myth or Fable?
Characters and Their Traits
The Gift of Fire Vocabulary
Literature Vocabulary
100
Theme or topic?: Honesty
This is a topic because it's just a word, not a sentence.
100
What type of story often includes talking animals?
fable
100
Which character from a myth got in trouble for boasting too much?
Arachne
100
What does cunning mean?
tricky, sly, clever
100
What do we call the central idea or message in a poem or story?
theme
200
Theme or topic?: Telling the truth is easier in the end than lying.
This is a theme because it’s a complete sentence that shows the central idea or message of a story.
200
What type of story explains a natural phenomenon?
myth
200
Which character from a myth got in trouble because he was too in love with himself?
Narcissus
200
What does sympathy mean?
to share another's feelings, to feel compassion
200
What do we call words that describe someones personality?
character traits
300
What myth’s theme is: Too much boasting can lead to consequences?
Arachne
300
What type of story involves gods and goddesses?
myth
300
What character trait got Echo into trouble?
She was too talkative. /or/ She always acted before thinking.
300
Which of our study words from The Gift of Fire means to stop something from happening?
prevent
300
What do we call events that happen in a story?
plot
400
True or False?: A story can have more than one theme.
True
400
What is the message of The Myth of the Four Seasons?
A parent’s love for a child is greater than anything else.
400
Which character from a myth we read this week was determined or persistent?
Prometheus
400
Which word means to go upward, to rise?
ascend
400
What word describes when and where a story takes place?
setting
500
What is the main theme of Narcissus?
Being too self centered can lead to problems. /or/ Too much self love can lead to problems.
500
What are two main requirements for a story to be a myth?
It explains a natural phenomenon. It involves gods or goddesses.
500
What is a character trait of Zeus? Give an example from the story to prove he has that trait.
Zeus was selfish, insecure (or similar adjectives)
500
Which of our study words from The Gift of Fire means to come into view or to come out of?
emerge
500
What do we call the main problem of a story?
conflict
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