The Hero's Journey

Match the following plot stage to the correct stage of the Hero's Journey:

• climax

• Ordinary World

• resolution

• Call to Adventure/The Road of Trials

• Rising Action

• The Supreme Ordeal

• falling action

• Return with Elixir

• Exposition

• The Road Back

Put the following stages of the Hero's Journey in order from first to last:

• Ordinary World

• Supreme Ordeal

• Road of Trials

• Call to Adventure

• Reward

In this stage, the hero often feels out of place or different from others

• Return with Elixir

• Ordinary World

• Call to Adventure

• Refusal of the Call

This stage is not always in every story - it's where fear or feeling unprepared might cause the hero to pause

• The Call to Adventure

• Refusal of the Call

• Return with Elixir

• Tests, Allies, Enemies

This is the hero's biggest challenge: a life-or-death crisis they barely manage to escape

• The Road of Trials

• Tests, Allies, and Enemies

• Return with the Elixir

• The Supreme Ordeal

Match the following:

• Perseus must chop off Medusa's head without looking at it

• Road of Trials

• Athena and Hermes give Perseus magical gifts to help him

• Allies

• Perseus must search to find the nymphs who will tell him where Medusa lives

• Supreme Ordeal

• Perseus shows Medusa's head to the king and he turns to stone; his mother is freed

• Reward

• Perseus must cut off Medusa's head to free his mother

• Call to Adventure

In "Coco", this was when Miguel needed to figure out a way to get into Ernesto's party.

• The Road of Trials

• The Supreme Ordeal

• The Call to Adventure

• The Road Back

This is the stage where the hero is faced with something that makes them begin their adventure. This is a problem or challenge they need to overcome.

• Supreme Ordeal

• Ordinary World

• Call to Adventure

• The Road of Trials

This is who came up with the idea of The Hero's Journey:

• The ancient Greeks

• Joseph Campbell

• David Slater

• early filmmakers

The Hero's Journey is a common ​ (a)   that different ​ (b)   have used to tell stories that are similar.

• pattern
• cultures
• book
• films