What is the sequence of events that make up a story?
Plot
100
What is a narrative?
A story
100
Who is Daedalus and what is he asked to do?
Craftsman and inventor in Greek Mythology. King Minos asks him to build a palace and maze.
100
What is the Raven considered in the Northwestern tribes of North America? How does this relate to Greek mythology?
A major deity
100
What is theme? Provide an example.
The message or moral of a story that the author conveys to the reader
Examples may vary
200
The turning point of the story is....
Resolution is a fancy word for....
The climax
Solution - ending - resolve
200
What is a personal narrative?
A story written by the author about his/her personal experience(s)
200
What is a fancy word for maze?
Labryinth
200
What is the Raven known for in the NW? What quest does the Raven set out on it he beginning of the myth?
Trickery and the creator of the Earth
To capture the light from the chief
200
What is text-based evidence?
Information and a direct quote from a piece of literature to support a claim.
300
Please define the characters, setting, conflict, climax, and resolution for one story we have read thus far.
Answers will vary.
300
What type of narrative closely resembles realistic fiction but takes place in a very specific time period or during a specific event?
Historical narrative
300
What lives in the center of King Minos' maze? What is the myth surrounding this creature?
Minotaur
Children are sacrificed every nine years to the Minotaur to be eaten.
300
What are the elements responsible for emitting light in the myth?
Sun - Moon - Stars
300
What are the names of the main characters in "Arachne"? What skill do the main characters possess? What is the conflict?
Arachne and Athene - weaving - man vs. man
400
What are the major types of conflict? Please provide an example for three of them.
Man vs. man, self, nature, society, machine
Answers will vary
400
Diary of a Wimpy Kid is an example of what type of narrative?
The Hunger Games is an example of what type of narrative?
Realistic Fiction
Science Fiction
400
What is Icarus' biggest flaw? What happens to Icarus at the end of the myth?
Pride - or being too proud
Icarus does not take his father's advice and he flies too close to the sun. Icarus' wings fall off when the wax melts and he plummets into the ocean.
400
How was the Raven considered a "trickster" in the story? Please take out your packet and provide text-based evidence for your answer.
Bribing the fisher men with the sunlight for some fish
Answers may vary
400
What is the theme of "Arachne"?
Answers will vary
500
Label the plot triangle.
To be completed on the whiteboard
500
What is a myth?
With regards to Greek Mythology, discuss three major greek gods and his/her responsibilities.
Answers will vary
500
What is imagery? Open your packet and find me two examples.
Answers will vary.
500
Discuss each transformation that the Raven experiences throughout the myth. Define one significant action the Raven does as each form of life.
Raven - seed - grandson (boy) - Raven
500
Recall the story of the Minotaur. What trilogy did this myth influence?