Unit 1 Test Review

Unit 1 Test Review

by Andrea Tomaszewski

Multiple Choice

Which of the following is true of a myth

• Myths are stories that are not true that help explain the world around a person, society, or culture

• Myths explain how things were created

• Myths teach a lesson or moral

• All the above

​Myths

​Purpose of Myths:  stories that are not true that help explain the world around a person, society, or culture

• Explain how things were created

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• To teach a lesson or moral

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• To explain why random, spontaneous events occur

Multiple Choice

What is a tragic figure/character/hero?

• One who brings about his/her own down fall through his/her actions

• A character who wins an epic battle using wit and skill

• A character who cries all the time and whose life is nothing but drama

​Tragic Character/Hero

One who brings about his/her own down fall through his/her actions

1. character of noble stature and greatness that carries a tragic flaw that leads to their downfall. 

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Multiple Choice

Which of the following is NOT an example of a tragic flaw

• Vanity

• Pride (Hubris)

• Love

• Jealousy

Multiple Choice

What is a moral obligation?

• Knowing people expect you to do the right thing

• Feeling like you have to do the "right" thing

• Knowing what the right thing is

• Choosing to do what you want instead of the right thing

​Moral Dilemma

​When a character faces a choice between doing what's right and what they want to do (or often what's easy).

Multiple Choice

Archetype: an "original pattern" of which all other similar persons, objects, or concepts are taken from, copied, modeled, or emulated.

Which of the following is NOT an example of an archetype

• The Hero

• The Outlaw/ Rebel

• The Sage or Mentor

• The Everyman

• All of the Above

​Main Characters

• ​Protagonist: main character

• ​Antagonist: person in direct conflict with the protagonist

​Point of View

​First Person: Narrator is the main character in the story, uses "I" to refer to self

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​Second Person: Main character is the reader, uses "you" to refer to character (choose your own adventure stories)

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​Third Person: Narrator is outside the story, describing main characters as "he/she/him/her/they/them"

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• ​Limited- narrator only knows what one character is thinking/feeling

• ​Omniscient- narrator is all knowing (like a news reporter/god-like)

Multiple Choice

Which point of view is this written in?

Little by little, he gathered a store of feathers great and small. He fastened these together with thread, moulded them in with wax, and so fashioned two great wings like those of a bird. 

• First Person

• Second Person

• Third Person Limited

• Third Person Omniscient

Multiple Choice

Which point of view is this written in?

At first, when the boys picked their teams, baseball teams, football teams, soccer teams, they assumed I would be a good player, because of my large size, and because of my name, Bruno, seriously, Bruno.

• First Person

• Second Person

• Third Person limited

• Third Person Omniscient