Unit 1 Test Review

​Purpose of Myths:  stories that are not true that help explain the world around a person, society, or culture

• Explain how things were created

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• To teach a lesson or moral

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• To explain why random, spontaneous events occur

One who brings about his/her own down fall through his/her actions

1. character of noble stature and greatness that carries a tragic flaw that leads to their downfall. 

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​When a character faces a choice between doing what's right and what they want to do (or often what's easy).

• ​Protagonist: main character

• ​Antagonist: person in direct conflict with the protagonist

​First Person: Narrator is the main character in the story, uses "I" to refer to self

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​Second Person: Main character is the reader, uses "you" to refer to character (choose your own adventure stories)

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​Third Person: Narrator is outside the story, describing main characters as "he/she/him/her/they/them"

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• ​Limited- narrator only knows what one character is thinking/feeling

• ​Omniscient- narrator is all knowing (like a news reporter/god-like)