Heroes
Characters/Tone
Big Idea/Metaphor
Ender's Game
Word of the Day
100
These are two of the traits of a Classical Greek Hero, like Hercules.
What are have a special talent, best at what they do, have a mentor, or make tough choices.
100
This is an example of something that Ender says that shows his character.
Any example works!
100
This is a big idea from Ender's Game.
Friendship, love, power, control, etc.
100
This is where Ender goes after he talks with Valentine at the lake.
What is Command School/Eros
100
A word that means to be able to adjust to new circumstances.
What is flexible.
200
These are the first four steps of the Hero's journey.
What are exceptional birth, call to adventure, refusal of the call, and advice from a wise person.
200
This is an example of something Peter does that shows his character.
Any good example works!
200
This is the name for the group of things we talked about on Wednesday including metaphor, simile, personification, etc.
What is figurative language?
200
These are the four armies that Ender was in, in order of when he was in them.
What is Salamander, Rat, Phoenix, Dragon.
200
A word that means an imaginary place where everything is perfect.
What is utopia?
300
These are the last four steps of the hero's journey.
What are tests, helpers and enemies, death, rebirth, and atonement.
300
These are the five things that help us figure out who characters are (think STEAL)
What is say, think, emotions, actions, and looks?
300
This is the big idea of The Lottery.
What is punishment, tradition, justice, etc.
300
This is the device that allows Ender to separate molecules and blow up a lot of fighters at one time.
What is MD Device, Little Dr, etc.
400
How does Ender experience symbolic death?
Examples: Death in the computer games, sleeping after winning the fight.
400
This is the tone shift in The Lottery.
What is from peaceful to creepy?
400
This is one thing that Orson Scott Card uses to explore big ideas.
What is the giant's game, metaphors, American plain style, etc.
400
These are the names that Val and Peter use when they are posing on the internet.
What is Locke and Demosthenes?
400
To change in an indirect and important way.
500
What is the name of the hero who had to choose between pleasure and virtue?
Who is Hercules?
500
These are the three aspects of literature we looked at to help us figure out tone.
What is music, pictures, and words.
500
This is a big idea illustrated when Ender plays on the playground with the children who turn in to wolves.
What is feeling isolated, loneliness, growing up, etc.
500
This is how Ender atones for his mistakes.
What is carrying the Queen with him to bring her to a new home?
500
To figure out, decode, or find the secret meaning of.
What is decipher?
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