Figurative Language
Early Hero's Journey
Famous Character Types
Stages
Literature Devices
100

"Purple puppies like playing on the playground." This is an example of

alliteration

100

The place where the audience first meets the Hero

 Ordinary World

100

Dr. Evil

Villain

100

Name the third stage in the hero's journey

Refusal of the Call

100

Setting

The geography and time of a plot

200

Wind whispers like a tree in the breeze.

Wind whispers like a tree in the breeze. Personification

200

This question, "What qualities present in the ordinary world contrast in the special world", is asked at this stage

The Ordinary World

200

Harry Potter

Hero or Protagonist

200

What world contrasts the world from the first stage

Special World

200

Background

Memories and Backstory that happen outside of a plot, but affect the plot nonetheless

300

Buzz Buzz

Onomatopoeia


300

At this stage, there is a challenge or quest introduced to the story

The Call to Adventure



300

The dragon, Moo-shu, in Mulan

Major supporting character

300

In the HJ, there is a person who is qualified as having survived the special world, and a stage is named after them. What stage number is it?

Meeting the Mentor, 4

300

This gives purpose to a character

  • Motive
400

Plato's Cave

Allegory

400

Name two types of Stakes, or Risks that present themselves if the challenge (from the second stage) is left undone

Fate, survival, or safety

400

Draco Malfoy is this character type to Harry Potter

Foil

400

Name one contrasting quality between ordinary and special worlds

Safe vs. Dangerous, Isolated Vs. populated, Jungle vs. City

400

This question is answered throughout the Hero's Journey stages by the Hero and his/her reactions to events

Central Dramatic Question

500

The rose, in Beauty and the Beast

Symbolism

500

What could throw the hero's ordinary world off balance?

Death, arrival of a villain, or forced loss (kidnapping) 

500

Ebenezer Scrooge and Anakin Skywalker are both this type of character

Dynamic

500

The gif of this stage, in the lecture PowerPoint, was of a man tumbling over a fence

Crossing the Threshold

500

Give the formula for theme

The author believes (moral) about (topic or issue).