Literary terms
On Writing Well
From the Odyssey
Figurative Language
Odyssey recap
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A type of long verse that includes a hero on an adventure saving someone.
What is epic poem?
100
The beginning of a story or essay
What is a lead?
100
To damage or destroy something
What is ravage
100
Extraordinarily detailed description, often including sensory details
What is vivid?
100
The name Odysseus gave to the Cyclops.
What is Nohbdy?
200
A person who has exceptional qualities and is the main character of a literary work and saves a culture or community.
What is an epic hero?
200
Very interesting; fascinating; what a lead should be
What is intriguing?
200
A rude or unpleasant person.
What is a lout?
200
Comparing something to something else without using "like" or "as."
What is metaphor
200
This is what Odysseus' crew wanted to do when they saw cheese and animals in the Cyclops' cave.
What is steal his cheese and steal his sheep and goats?
300
A descriptive phrase, often repeated throughout a literary work.
What is an epithet?
300
A strategy for writing essays: Restate the question. Answer the question. Cite evidence. Explain your answer. Revise and re-read.
What is RACER?
300
Food or provisions
What is victuals?
300
Giving a thing, animal, or abstract idea human characteristics
What is personification?
300
This is what Odysseus told the Cyclops when he asked where Odysseus' boat was.
What is lie and say it was destroyed in the storm?
400
Referring to something that previously happened or was written, as in history or literature.
What is an allusion?
400
Making notes and marking words and passages in the text as part of analysis
What is annotation?
400
A lot; an overabundance of something
What is profusion?
400
A comparison using like or as
What is simile?
400
This is the author of "The Odyssey."
Who is Homer?
500
The underlying, emotional meaning of a word
What is connotation?
500
A key understanding of an idea, often included in a conclusion to make it strong
What is insight?
500
An enemy or opponent
What is adversary?
500
Repeating the first letter of words
What is alliteration?
500
This is the reason Odysseus and his men believed Zues was angry at them and blew their boat off course as they tried to travel home.
What is help the Greeks with the Trojan war by coming up with the idea of the Trojan horse?
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