Archetype Vocab Terms

A character with a questionable past, banished from society

• Villain

• Hero

• Outcast

• Mentor

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

CCSS.L.8.6

Female character who needs to be rescued by the hero

• Mentor

• Damsel in Distress

• Damsel in Disco

• Princess

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

CCSS.L.8.6

Protagonist of the story, brave, honorable, and honest (usually)

• Hero

• Mentor

• Ally

• Trickster

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

Tags along with the hero, provides help or comic relief

• Damsel in Distress

• Mentor

• Trickster

• Ally

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

Uses humor to help or test the hero, neither good or evil, untrustworthy

• Villain

• Trickster

• Ally

• Allies

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

Antagonist, opposes the hero, evil

• Ally

• Trickster

• Mentor

• Villain

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

CCSS.L.8.6

Typically older and wiser, gives advice or aid to the hero, trains the hero

• Mentor

• Magician

• Ally

• Damsel

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

Doomed to separation or death

• Star-crossed lovers

• Star-crossed heroes

• Star-crossed villains

• Tricksters

Tags

CCSS.RL.9-10.5

A wild, untamed place where danger lurks around every corner

• Mountains

• Sea

• River

• Forest

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.L.7.5

CCSS.L.8.5

A place of innocence and happiness. Full of life and safe from danger

• Garden

• River

• Forest

• Desert

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.L.7.5

CCSS.L.8.5