What is a Myth? a traditional or legendary story, usually concerning some being or hero or event, with or without a determinable basis of fact or a natural.

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What is a Myth? a traditional or legendary story, usually concerning some being or hero or event, with or without a determinable basis of fact or a natural explanation, especially one that is concerned with deities or demigods and explains some practice, rite, or phenomenon of nature.

What is Realistic Fiction? a genre consisting of stories that could have actually occurred to people or animals in a believable setting. These stories resemble real life, and fictional characters within these stories react similarly to real people.

“The Labyrinth” On your own paper answer the following questions: What does King Minos do each year? Why does he do it? Why does Theseus volunteer to enter the labyrinth? How does Theseus survive the labyrinth? Using context clues, what do you think steeled means in paragraph 4?

“Of Monsters and Mazes” On your own paper answer the following questions: Why is Thea in a new school? How does she feel about being there? What did Aaron send Thea? Why did he send it? What battle did Thea win? Using context clues, what do you think congested means in paragraph 1?

Comparing Texts On your own paper answer the following questions: What aspects of the Theseus and the Minotaur myth has the author of “Of Monsters and Mazes” drawn from to tell Thea’s story? What shared theme is suggested by Theseus’s and Thea’s situations? Describe how the plot of “Of Monsters and Mazes” reinterprets the myth of Theseus and the Minotaur to tell a new story. Use two details from each story in your response.