A Hero of Epic Proportions
Literary Devices
Vocab
Plot problems
Symbols & Rhetorical Devices
100
elaborate (long) comparison, that extends over several lines, and uses a connecting word such as like or as
What is, "An Extended Metaphor"
100
An elaborate comparison using the connecting word like or as, and extends over several lines.
What is, "epic simile" or "Homeric Simile"
100
Vocabulary word antonym for "donated"
What  is, "Plundered"
100

What are the 5 parts of plot/ the plot diagram

Exposition, rising action, climax, falling action, resolution.
100
In your character collages for TKAM, many of you used this to symbolize Boo's change...
What is "the blanket"
200
An Epic Hero must overcome these in order to accomplish his quest
What are, "trials/obstacles"
200
When a story begins in the middle of the action
What is, "in medias res"
200
Definition: To be deprived of or lacking in something
What is, "bereft"
200

Which part of a story would the following excerpt represent:

They had reached a snowy-white building which towered over the other little shops. Standing beside its burnished bronze doors, wearing a uniform of scarlet and gold was 'Yeah, that's a goblin,’ said Hagrid quietly as they walked up the white stone steps towards him. The goblin was about a head shorter than Harry. He had a swarthy, clever face, a pointed beard and, Harry noticed, very long fingers and feet. He bowed as they walked inside...

What is, "rising action"
200
Definition: Something (usually an object) used to represent something else
What is, "a symbol"
300
Odysseus Supernatural helper
Who is, "Athena"
300

A story being told in the present, about past events that have already happened earlier.

What is, "flashback"
300
Definition: A long narrative poem narrative poem that is important to a nation's cultural identity and features a hero
What is, "an epic".


Bonus Point (100): Give an example of a famous epic

Extra bonus point (300): Give another, different, example of a famous epic

300
Which part of the plot would be described below,


"And they all lived happily ever after".

What is, "the resolution"
300
This rhetorical device appeals to the readers emotions...
What is, "pathos"
400
Odysseus greatest strength/super human quality
his guile/ wit/ intelligence
400
Adjective or noun phrase that describes a character


for example, "Catherine the Great" or "The Fresh Prince" (i.e. Will Smith)

What is, "epithet"
400
rebellious, refusing to obey authority
What is, "mutinous"
400
The turning pint of the story
What is, "the climax"
400
This rhetorical device invokes logic and fact to persuade the reader...

ex: if you do not turn in your work, your grades are 100% likely to suffer

What is, "logos"
500
The 7 characteristics of an epic hero
What are:
Super human qualities, human flaw/weakness, overcomes difficult tasks/trials, quests, villains keeping hero from quest, knows that gods come first then humans, physically attractive/beautiful.
500
Give 2 examples of epithets from either the Invocation, Sailing from Troy, The Lotus Eaters, or The Cyclops. 
Odysseus, the man skilled in all ways of contending, son of Laertes

Rosy-fingered dawn, Godlike Odysseus

Sea nymph Calypso

Alcinous, King of Phaecia



500
Odysseus is described as "That man skilled in all ways of"... this word, meaning fighting. 
What is, "contending". 
500
What is the driving force behind the story which sets all other events in motion?
Either, "inciting incident" or "main conflict"
500
Which rhetorical device is used in the argument below

"nine out of ton dentists recommend this toothpaste"

What is, "ethos"
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