THE HERO’S JOURNEY

1. THE HERO’S JOURNEY Your Freshman Story

2. Three Stages • The Departure (Call to Adventure) • Initiation (Road of Trials) • Return (Redemption)

3. Literary Genres

4. 1.) Drama • usually for theatrical performance, stories where conflicts and emotion are expressed through dialogue and action

5. 2.) Fantasy • fiction with strange or other worldly settings or characters; fiction which invites suspension of reality

6. 3.) Historical Fiction • story with fictional characters and events in a historical setting

7. 4.) Horror • fiction in which events evoke a feeling of dread and sometimes fear in both the characters and the reader

8. 5.) Mystery • fiction dealing with the solution of a crime or the unraveling of secrets

9. 6.) Mythology • legend or traditional narrative, often based in part on historical events, that reveals human behavior and natural phenomena by its symbolism; often pertaining to the actions of the gods

10. 7.) Romance • genre wherein the plot revolves around the love between two protagonists

11. 8.) Science Fiction • story based on impact of actual, imagined, or potential science, usually set in the future or on other planets

12. ARCHETYPES

13. The Hero • The Mentor • The Sidekick • The Rebel • The Devil • The Star-Crossed Lovers • Evil figure with a good heart • The Damsel in Distress

14. IMAGERY • Phrases of words that cause you to see, touch, hear, taste, or smell.

15. DICTION • The author’s word choice.

16. VOCABULARY • Plundered • Guile • Mutinous • Whim • Quiver • Sage • Ardor • Travail

17. HOOKS • The introduction should have a HOOK, that certain something that grabs or catches the reader’s attention. Here are a few examples:

18. CONFLICT

19. 3 Types • Man VS. _________ • involves stories where characters are against each other. This is an external conflict. • Man VS. _________ • an external struggle positioning the hero against an animal or a force of nature. • Man VS. _________ • the struggle is internal. A character must overcome his own natures or make a choice between two or more paths

20. CHARACTERIZATION

21. CHARACTERIZATION • Direct Characterization: the authors tells us certain things about the character plainly, simply stating them • EXAMPLE: Anna is tall and smart. • Indirect Characterization: the authors tells us certain things about the character by his/her actions or interaction with other characters,rather than simply stating them • EXAMPLE: Even though they were all standing, Anna had to look down at her partners as she explained quantum physics, using big words few of them knew.

22. Symbolism

23. Another way of saying “represents.” SYMBOLIZES

24. ACTUAL DEFINITION • Symbol: something that represents, stands for, or suggests an idea, belief, action, or entity • Symbolism: the use of symbols to represent ideas or qualities.

25. Point of View

26. First Person Point of View In the first person point of view, the narrator does participate in the action of the story. The narrator is also the main character. When reading stories in the first person, we need to realize that what the narrator is recounting might not be the objective truth.

27. Third Person Point of View Here the narrator does not participate in the action of the story as one of the characters, but lets us know exactly how the characters feel. We learn about the characters through this outside voice.

28. Main stories we’ve read: • Tell-Tale Heart • The Odyssey • The Interlopers