Name______
Miss Hicks/Miss Dawson/Mrs. King
Reading ______
Date______
Introduction to Mythology
______Genres of Literature
______—A prose narrative work of the imagination including novels and short stories.
______—Factual prose writing. Tells about incidents that really happened and people who really lived. (Includes autobiography, biography, and essays.)
______—Imaginative writing in which language, images, sound, and rhythm combine to create a special emotional effect. Have a regular rhythm, and some rhyme.
______(play)—The form of literature that presents a story to be performed for an audience.
______—An ancient, anonymous story that conveys the beliefs and ideals of a culture and usually involves gods and goddesses.
Four purposes for reading/writing
Read for the ______
Read to be ______
Read for ______
Write to ______
What is the purpose of a myth?
______—Helped people ______how natural events and human actions happened. Also helped people control what happened in the world.
______—Read for ______.
Why do I read myths?
We read myths to ______the history of a culture.
______was important in the culture?
______did they value?
______and ______did they live?
______do the events in the story matter?
How do I read a myth?
______or ______.
Identify the ______context.
Make ______.
Greek Mythology
______is a collection of myths of a particular people.
______—An ancient anonymous story, usually involving ______and ______, that conveys the beliefs and ideals of a culture.
From the Greek ______meaning story.
Connected to ______events and ______actions.
______—The handing down of songs, poems, legends, and folk talks from generation to generation by word of mouth.
People created myths to:
______how natural events and human actions happened.
______beliefs about right and wrong.
Characters in Greek Mythology
______Immortal ruling figures who lived on Mt. Olympus.
______—characters with 2 fathers; one being a king and the other is a god.
______—a female spirit typically associated with a particular location or landform.
______—are a troop of male companions of Pan and Dionysus.
______—an imaginary animal in a myth.
______—The central character of a work of literature.
______—a main character in an epic whose legendary or heroic actions are central to his/her culture, race, or nation
Examples: Achilles, Perseus, Hercules, Odysseus, and Beowulf.
______—noting or pertaining to a long poetic composition, usually centered upon a hero, in which a series of great achievements or events is narrated in elevated style.
______—a literary character who makes an error of judgment or has a fatal flaw that, combined with fate and external forces, brings on a tragedy
Examples: Heracles, Medea, Electra, Antigone
Allusion
______—A reference in a work of literature to a character, place, or situation from another work of literature.
Characters from ______mythology are the most ______alluded to characters in literature.
Examples of modern Greek allusions:
Boy, she really opened Pandora's box this time!"
"That's certainly his Achilles heel, isn't it?"