Hero's Journey Vocab

What is it called when there is a pattern across literature of many cultures, including the same sorts of characters or ideas?

• archetype
• epic poem
• epithet
• allusion

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CCSS.RL.11-12.9

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

A teacher, counselor, and/or trainer who encourages the protagonist and gives them something of need. This can be a parental figure, animal, or object.

• Mentor

• Threshold Guardian

• Shapeshifter

• Oracle

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CCSS.RL.11-12.5

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.8.9

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

A character or group of characters that provide assistance and support to the protagonist in an ongoing effort, activity, or struggle.

• Hero

• Ally

• Herald

• Shadow

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CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

The hero confronts death or faces his/her greatest fear; go through a situation and come out victorious.

• The Resurrection

• Call to Adventure

• The Ordeal

• The Road Back

2nd of 3 phases of Hero's Journey. Word that suggests the beginning or starting of something; learning the new ropes.

• Adventure

• Archetype

• Initiation

• Departure

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CCSS.L.11-12.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

This "magical potion" might be believed to cure all.

• Excalibur

• Adventure

• Elixir

• Ally

The edge of the forest; the point where you from new to old; the new start...

• ordeal

• threshold

• ally

• archetype

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CCSS.RL.11-12.5

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.8.9

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

Which one of the following does NOT express the meaning of SEIZE

• take an opportunity eagerly

• to grab hold of

• to take possession of

• to leave

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CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

A resurrection is

• coming back to life after death - literal or metaphorical

• the departure into the threshold

• the beginning of the journey

• the opposite of unsurrection

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CCSS.RL.11-12.5

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.8.9

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

A journey could be physically traveling or a mental and emotional growth.

• true

• false

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CCSS.L.3.5A

CCSS.RL.3.4