Literary Vocabulary 10/6

What is a theme?

• When and where a story takes place

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  A lesson or message that a writer wants readers to understand

• Where a story happens

• The main idea of a story

What is a myth?

• A story that tells what a hero is doing to support his culture.

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  A story that was meant to entertain people who did not have technology.

• A story that explains the mysteries of the universe.

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  A long, narrative that is written in poetry form and tells about a hero's journey.

The main character within a story, usually considered the hero, is a...

• protagonist

• personification

• prodigious

• character

Someone who is impressively large is...

• prodigious

• petrified

• epithet

• a cyclops

Personification is when...

• human traits are given to something that is acting like a human

• human traits are given to an animal

• human traits are given to something that is not human

• human traits is given to an inanimate object

Motivation is...

• when and where a story takes place

• the reason(s) a character is driven to do certain things within a story

• when a character decides to answer the call to adventure and go on his journey

• a problem within the story

A larger-than-life character who embodies the ideals of a nation or culture

• Protagonist

• Character

• Antagonist

• Epic Hero

A setting is...

• Where a story takes place

• The setting of a story.

• The land that a hero travels through during a story

• When and where a story takes place

The problem within a story

• conflict

• theme

• foreshadowing

• personification

A person, animal, or even an inanimate object that takes part in a story

• protagonist

• epic hero

• character

• characterization