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Angela is reading and analyzing a classical story that has been retold for children. She has identified elements of the story that are new. How could she further analyze the story to determine whether it is an adaptation?

by identifying elements that involve heroes and monsters

by identifying elements that are the same as the original story

by comparing it to other new stories with similar characters

by comparing it to other stories of the same time period

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Ana is comparing two adaptations of a classical text. She has determined how each author adapts the text and how the adaptations are similar. What is the next step she should take?

describing how the themes of the adaptations are developed

explaining how the adaptations are different from each other

researching the authors’ backgrounds to see how their background affects their style

analyzing the similarities to decide which parts of the stories are most important

Read the excerpt from "Deucalion and Pyrrha” by Carla Nappi.The man and the woman found themselves in a library. And they began opening the books. They scooped out phrases like small stones and threw them out the window. As each one landed on the ground or in the water, or as it took flight, it grew into a being that could inhabit this new world and populate its then, its now, and its to-come.First they made the past. . . .And then they opened their eyes, and made the present.He gave "a spreading wilderness of sudden waters” to the air. Each word grew liquid in a wet way that took on its character: sheets of moisture that bled out over the earth, and fogs of water that grew wild worlds inside them, and flashings of saturation. And in this way, he made the rain. (And it was a living, languaged thing.)

She shows that nature speaks to humanity.

She emphasizes that life cannot exist without language.

She shows that language is the base of civilization.

She emphasizes the creative power of language.

Why do authors often adjust elements in modern adaptations?

to help explain events in the natural world

to include moral heroes and prophecies

to emphasize different parts of the story

to please and honor gods and goddesses

Read the excerpt from "The Flood” by James Baldwin.After that, it was only a short time until the whole country was laid bare, and the trees shook their leafy branches in the wind, and the fields were carpeted with grass and flowers more beautiful than in the days before the flood.But Deucalion and Pyrrha were very sad, for they knew that they were the only persons who were left alive in all the land. . . .And so they walked on, down the steep slope of Mount Parnassus, and as they walked they picked up the loose stones in their way and cast them over their shoulders; and strange to say, the stones which Deucalion threw sprang up as full-grown men, strong, and handsome, and brave; and the stones which Pyrrha threw sprang up as full-grown women, lovely and fair. When at last they reached the plain they found themselves at the head of a noble company of human beings, all eager to serve them.So Deucalion became their king, and he set them in homes, and taught them how to till the ground, and how to do many useful things.Read the excerpt from "Deucalion and Pyrrha” by Carla Nappi.Finally they made the future. But they pressed their backs to the windows after giving tomorrow its language, to spare themselves from knowing what would be made from "clouds of butterflies,” from "stamp on the penthouse” and "hardly all glamour,” from "not just up and down but also sideways.” From "that bullet had something to do.” From "who he was and where,” and "made of stardust,” and "scrounge through trash for materials,” and "looking for the door.” But they could hear the gentle beating of distant wings, and quiet closings, and the pulsing of blood that was where it should not have been.

Baldwin’s adaptation is focused on the future, while Nappi’s adaptation is primarily focused on the past.

Baldwin’s adaptation describes how humans come into being, while Nappi’s adaptation describes how rulers are made.

Baldwin’s characters are appreciative of nature, while Nappi’s characters are afraid of it.

Baldwin’s characters become active participants in what they create, while Nappi’s characters separate themselves from their creations.

Read the excerpt from The Metamorphoses by Ovid. "You would suppose that men had conspired to be wicked; let all men speedily feel that vengeance which they deserve to endure, for such is my determination.” . . . .Soon as Jupiter beholds the world overflowed by liquid waters, and sees that but one man remains out of so many thousands of late, and sees that but one woman remains out of so many thousands of late, both guiltless, and both worshippers of the Gods, he disperses the clouds; and the showers being removed by the North Wind, he both lays open the earth to the heavens, and the heavens to the earth. . . .. . . [Deucalion said,] "Now the mortal race exists in us two alone. Thus it has seemed good to the Gods, and we remain as mere samples of mankind.”Read the excerpt from the adaptation "The Flood” by James Baldwin.No one but Deucalion, the son of Prometheus, was ready for such a storm. . . . Once every year he had gone to the land of the Caucasus to talk with his father, who was hanging chained to the mountain peak."The day is coming,” said Prometheus, "when Jupiter will send a flood to destroy mankind from the earth. Be sure that you are ready for it, my son.”And so when the rain began to fall, Deucalion drew from its shelter a boat which he had built for just such a time. He called fair Pyrrha, his wife, and the two sat in the boat and were floated safely on the rising waters.

It explains why Jupiter is angry with humans.

It explains why Prometheus saves Deucalion.

It says that Prometheus betrays Jupiter.

It says that Deucalion survives the flood.

Read the excerpt from The Metamorphoses by Ovid.Then, too, as soon as it touched the lips of the God dripping with his wet beard, and being blown, sounded the bidden retreat; it was heard by all the waters both of earth and sea, and stopped all those waters by which it was heard. Now the sea again has a shore; their channels receive the full rivers; the rivers subside; the hills are seen to come forth. The ground rises, places increase in extent as the waters decrease; and after a length of time, the woods show their naked tops, and retain the mud left upon their branches.Read the excerpt from the adaptation "The Flood” by James Baldwin.After a while the rain stopped falling, and the clouds cleared away, and the blue sky and the golden sun came out overhead. Then the water began to sink very fast and to run off the land towards the sea; and early the very next day the boat was drifted high upon a mountain called Parnassus, and Deucalion and Pyrrha stepped out upon the dry land. After that, it was only a short time until the whole country was laid bare, and the trees shook their leafy branches in the wind, and the fields were carpeted with grass and flowers more beautiful than in the days before the flood.

It describes what happens after the flood and how the water recedes.

It describes the barrenness of the drowned land after the water subsides.

It shows how the flooding is stopped by the declaration of the gods.

It shows how the vegetation grows back better than it was before the flood.

Read the excerpt from "Deucalion and Pyrrha” by Ovid.Here is the worldwith its glorious lands from east to west; and here are we,an inglorious crowd of two. All else belongs to the sea.As yet, indeed, we can hardly be certain the life that we haveis safely assured. These clouds still fill me with fear and foreboding.How would you now be feeling, my poor dear love, if Ihad been lost and you had been snatched from death?Read the excerpt from the adaptation "The Flood” by James Baldwin.But Deucalion and Pyrrha were very sad, for they knew that they were the only persons who were left alive in all the land. At last they started to walk down the mountain side towards the plain, wondering what would become of them now, all alone as they were in the wide world.

from a feeling of disappointment and sadness to one of relief

from a feeling of fear to one of despair and significant loss

from a feeling of betrayal to one of camaraderie

from a feeling of joy and pride to one of bewilderment

Read the excerpt from The Metamorphoses by Ovid.Jupiter, not thinking the punishment of Lycaon sufficient to strike terror into the rest of mankind, resolves, on account of the universal corruption, to extirpate them by a universal deluge. . . .. . . The weapons forged by the hands of the Cyclops are laid aside; a different mode of punishment pleases him: to destroy mankind beneath the waves, and to let loose the rains from the whole tract of Heaven.Read the excerpt from the adaptation "The Flood” by James Baldwin."These men,” [Jupiter] said to his mighty company, "are nothing but a source of trouble. When they were good and happy, we felt afraid lest they should become greater than ourselves; and now they are so terribly wicked that we are in worse danger than before. There is only one thing to be done with them, and that is to destroy them every one.”So he sent a great rain-storm upon the earth.

Baldwin’s text clearly explains that Jupiter destroys humankind with vast amounts of water, while Ovid’s text is vague about the way Jupiter destroys people.

Ovid’s text explains that Jupiter destroys humanity out of fear, while Baldwin’s text claims that Jupiter’s actions are a result of Jupiter’s anger at humanity.

Baldwin’s text shows that Jupiter has the support of the other gods, while Ovid’s text describes Jupiter acting alone to punish humans.

Ovid’s text uses an omniscient narrator to describe Jupiter’s motivation for punishing humans, while Baldwin’s text uses dialogue to present Jupiter’s reasoning.

Ayla is analyzing the effects of the author’s choices in an adaptation of a Greek myth. What should she do first?

explain whether the theme in the adaptation makes her think differently about the original myth

describe how the adaptation is different from the original myth

evaluate how the changes from the original myth affect the theme of the adaptation

determine whether the original myth has been adapted by other authors

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