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Add to your Interactive Notebook… Table of Contents 19-20: Epics and Myths Words Worth Knowing Archetype: a situation, character, or symbol that appears in literature throughout time and cultures Epic Hero: character archetype, goes on a journey or quest and achieves great deeds

Epics and Myths [in 20] Elements of Epics Oral Tradition Epic Characters and Character Foils Purposes of Myths Mythic Characters

Add to your Interactive Notebook… Words Worth Knowing Myth: traditional story that is rooted in a particular culture, is basically religious, and usually serves to explain a belief, ritual, or mysterious natural phenomenon

Epics and Myths [IN 19] Somebody Who is the protagonist? Wanted What does the protagonist want, or what is the protagonist’s goal? But What is conflict in the story, or what is keeping the protagonist from goal? So How is the conflict resolved, or how does the protagonist reach goal? Then… What is the story’s denouement, or how does the story end?

Epics and Myths [IN 19] Cause(s) Effect(s)