The Hero's Journey Notes

A long narrative poem telling of a hero's actions and showing the values of a society

• Epic Poem

• The Hero's Journey

• Flashback

• Epic Simile

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Latin phrase that means "beginning in the middle of the action"

• Epic Poem

• Status Quo

• In Media Res

• Flashback

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Details are filled in for the reader through a scene that interrupts the present action of the plot to tell what happened at an earlier time

• In Media Res

• Flashback

• Invocation

• Epithet

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Descriptive word or phrase that is frequently used to characterize a person or thing

• Invocation

• Flashback

• Epithet

• Epic Simile

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Extended comparison between something that has not been seen and something ordinary

• Simile

• Epic Simile

• Metaphor

• Epic Poem

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Poet's prayer for inspiration, which often summarizes the major action of the poem and designed to catch the audience's attention

• Epic Poem

• In Media Res

• Epithet

• Invocation

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Which is NOT one of the stages of the hero's journey?

• Departure

• Return

• Initiation

• Call to Adventure

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The hero's home, where they are considered "special" for having an ability that makes them stand out

• Return

• Ordinary World

• Departure

• Call to Adventure

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A discovery, event, or danger that starts our hero on their heroic path

• Departure

• Call to Adventure

• Supernatural Aid

• Threshold

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Which one is NOT an example of supernatural aid?

• Luke's Lightsaber

• Spider-man's Spidey Senses

• Athena

• Captain America

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