Download Pre-writing/Outline for Myth

Pre-writing/Outline for Myth:
Lesson learned/Event that has helped shaped YOUR identity:
(*This is what your entire myth will be referencing.)
You can’t be friends with everyone.
Exposition:
Setting – paint a picture for your audience about the time, place, weather, and “social climate”
Mount Olympus – During the time of Greek Mythology, End of Summer
Gods and Goddesses really like Sapphiria (which upsets Athena)
Characters – main character/s (protagonist), antagonist, family, friends
*be sure to SHOW rather than just tell the character’s characteristics
Zeus (father of Sapphiria and Athena) –
Sapphiria – beautiful, adored by everyone (except Athena) ; naïve – doesn’t take people’s advice,
gullable – can’t see through Athena
Athena – also beautiful, adored – but not as much as the “new” Sapphiria; vengeful, jealous – wants
to get rid of Athena
Rising Action:
Introduce Problem – What is the issue in the story? For whom is it an issue? Why is it a problem?
Zeus and others warn Sapphiria of Athena’s jealousy , but Sapphiria just wants to be friends with her
Events leading up to the climax
- There are warnings of Athena’s anger/jealousy
- Sapphiria is making a floral headdress and Athena comes up to her “trying to be her friend”
- Sapphiria is so excited that Athena wants to be her friend that she will do anything for her
- Athena convinces her that she wants to be “twins” and have the same floral headdress but
Sapphiria has used the last flower.
- Sapphiria (wanting to please Athena) offers to go down to earth and pick some of the last flowers
Athena decides to show her a “short cut” so no one will know that Sapphiria has even left Mount
Olympus.
Climax – the highest point of anticipation (make or break moment for the main character/s)
-Athena says “goodbye” and pushes Sappihria down a hole
Falling Action – What are the events that happen after the climax? (How is the climax dealt with?)
- Sapphiria lands in Hades – realizing her mistake of trusting Athena and trying to be friends with her
though she was fully warned to not
Resolution – What is the outcome after the climax/after the problem is “solved”?
Athena “wins” (shown by the headdress) and Sapphiria loses due to her need to be liked 