The Epic
In the epic, the hero is often part human and part_____________.
divine or supernatural
Known as only part of a sentence or as a dependent clause...
fragment
Gilgamesh must overcome his fear of ___________.
death
On our class map, locate the area in which the Epic of Gilgamesh takes place.
See class map...
1. He is a fan of the Los Angeles Dodgers (baseball).
2. He is a fan of the New York Mets (baseball).
Ben Kahn-Rose
Yosef Miller
In the epic, the hero is often a reflection of their own ________________.
culture's ideals
When you fuse two or more sentences together without proper punctuation, it is called a _________________.
Run-on sentence
It is unethical to copy and paste information without providing a citation. In English Composition, this is known as _________________.
plagiarism
How do you say goodbye in Italian?
Arrivederci or Ciao
This is the most common letter for a last name in this class.
P
An epic is essentially a very long narrative ________.
poem
When you join two sentences with only a comma, it is an error. This error is known as a _____________.
comma-splice
Arjuna, the warrior, speaks profoundly with the god Krishna in the Bhagavad Gita because he is conflicted about having to fight _____________.
friends and family
Mr. Ramnath's parents were born in Trinidad & Tobago. Locate this place on a map.
See map in class...
These two students have only three letters in their first names...
Lia
Eli
There were some modern examples of an epic in the article we read. Name at least one.
Star Wars, X-Men, Wonder Woman, Superman, Dune Novels...
The student said, " I had a long day...the assignments did not help."
What do we call the three periods in this sentence?
ALT.
What does MLA stand for?
an ellipses / Modern Language Association
If you decide to take a course in Ethics when you attend college, it is a branch of this major subject.
Philosophy
If you follow Zen in Japan, you are following a branch of this major world religion.
Buddhism
This student claims that I once kicked them out of class for praying. (NOT TRUE)
Ariella
Name one epic work of literature from ancient India.
Use the words 'they're,' 'their,' and 'there' in a sentence.
[30 seconds]
Check with teacher for answer...
In Life of Pi, some may argue that Pi was unethical if he was lying about his first story. However, at a closer look, he may have been struggling with the death of this family member/character.
Situated very high in the slopes of the Andes, the ruins of Machu Picchu continue to reveal the mysteries of the Inca Empire. Locate this place on our map.
See class map...
These two students wrote the best descriptive stories in my 7th grade class.
Akiva
Brianna