9th Grade English, Unit 1.

What is a myth?

A traditional story that explains beliefs, and natural phenomena from the viewpoint of the people. Myths answer questions about the world and who controls it.

What are common elements in myths?

Supernatural beings, supernatural settings, attempt to explain the origin of the universe, explanations to unsolvable things, narrate conflicts, have characters with noble traits to teach people how to live.

What is mythology?

A collection of a cultures stories that are religious and try to explain the world and how it works.

How to make inferences?

By using background knowledge, and textual knowledge to make a educated guess.

What can a myth tell about the culture who made it?

Myths can tell about a cultures values, and a cultures way of living.

What is comparing?

Finding similarities in two things

What is contrasting?

finding differences between two things

What is the PIE strategy?

A method used for making point by point comparisons between to characters or cultures. It involves a topic sentence that introduces the topic, a body paragraph with a point, illustration, and a explanation of the illustration which is evidence used to support the point, and another point illustration explanation followed by a concluding sentence.

What are common characteristics of Greek heroes?

Noble/Special at birth, good at speeches and fight, is a solo fighter, has superpowers, takes a long journey, has character faults like arrogance or bad mindset.

What is plot structure?

Exposition, which sets the story, rising action which builds the story up, climax with the highest point of the stories rising action, and then falling action and a resolution.

What are common effects in contemporary literature (modern literature) From Greek mythology?

Hereos, Fantastic settings, Scary and weird creatures, and suspenseful plots.

How is suspense created in writing?

By putting loved characters in danger, using dangerous settings, changing the sequence of a story, and introducing new characters.

What are context clues?

Clues used to figure out the meaning of a word. Found in surrounding text.

What are the 4 types of context clues?

Antonym, Synonym, Definition, Examples.

What is a antonym context clue?

A antonym clue is when a word nearby an unknown word has an opposite meaning.

What is a synonym clue?

When a word near a unknown word has a similar meaning.

What are example clues?

A context clue where words near a unknown word in text contains a example of the meaning of the word.

What is a definition clue?

A context clue where the definition around a unknown word contains its definition.

What are word roots?

A type of word part where adding suffixes or prefixes or affixes can create a new word.

What are suffix, prefix, and affix?

Affix has two types, Suffix and Prefix. Suffix is to add at the back of a word. Prefix is to add at the front of a word.

What is first perspective?

Written as the characters viewpoint exactly. From the viewpoint of a character. The hunger games was first person.

What is second person? (2nd person)

Writing addressed to someone, like a email.

What is 3rd person?

Written like a story narrated by someone else.

What is dialogue used for?

To show how two characters feel or think, and to move the story forward.