Figurative Language
a concrete object used to represent an abstract idea
What is a symbol?
"Rain pattered softly against the windowpane" is this type of imagery.
What is auditory (sound) imagery?
"Muse, tell me how he wandered and was lost when he had wrecked the holy town of Troy, and where he went, and who he met" is an example of this.
What is alliteration?
An acronym that helps you remember different types of indirect characterization.
What is STEAL?
An example of this is "Faithful Penelope"
What is an epithet?
"His stomach churned with dread as he stepped into the exam room" is this type of imagery.
What is organic imagery?
The "s" sound repetition in "Sam slowly sipped his sweet tea" is an example of this.
What is sibilance?
A reference to someone or something outside the text
an elaborate comparison between two unlike objects using as
What is a Homeric simile?
The three aspects of setting.
What is time, place, and atmosphere?
The number of syllables in a line of iambic pentameter verse.
What is 10 syllables?
The genre of Foster.
What is a bildungsroman?
An example of this occurs when Menelaus, who doesn't know he is speaking to Telemachus, expresses deep concern about how much Odysseus's family is suffering
What is dramatic irony?
The year and season in which Foster takes place.
The number of stressed (DA) syllables in a line of iambic pentameter verse.
What is five?
Both Foster and The Odyssey do not start at the beginning. By skipping the hero's "World of Common Day," they are an example of this.
What is en medias res?