Question 1: What is the primary purpose of using flashbacks in mythological stories?

Answer: To deepen emotional impact and provide background context.

Question 2: Identify a technique used to signal a flashback in a mythological narrative.

Answer: Use of vivid descriptive language or a shift in tense.

Question 3: Multiple Choice: In retellings of myth, flashbacks are often used to:

Answer: b) Reveal a character’s backstory

Question 4: Describe how a flashback can influence the reader’s understanding of Orpheus’s actions.

Answer: A flashback revealing Eurydice’s previous life or Orpheus’s memories can evoke sympathy and explain their emotional connection, influencing how the reader interprets his decision to look back.

Question 5: Identify a phrase or sentence in the passage that indicates a flashback.

Answer: Possible answer: 'Eurydice’s memory drifted back to her life before death.'

Question 6: Analyze the effect of including Eurydice’s backstory through flashbacks on the myth’s emotional tone.

Answer: Including her backstory through flashbacks heightens emotional resonance by allowing the audience to connect more deeply with Eurydice’s character, making her loss more poignant and the hero’s quest more compelling.

Question 1: Checklist for your creative writing:

Answer: Include a clear signal for the flashback, develop your mythological characters, and ensure the flashback adds depth to the story.

Question 2: Outline the key elements you will include in your myth story (e.g., setting, characters, conflict).

Answer: Student’s own outline, e.g., setting in Olympus, hero’s backstory, divine conflict.