Odyssey I
More Odyssey
The Birds
Poetry Terms
100
Part I of the Odyssey is the story of...
Odysseus trying to get home
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Odysseus departs from Calypso’s island ten years after what event?
Trojan War
100
Why Nat works only three days a week at the farm
He is disabled
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Write an example of a SIMILE
*must have 'like' or 'as'
200
Where Odysseus is from
Ithica
200
How do Odysseus and his men survive the Sirens?
Wax in their ears; Odysseus is tied to the boat
200
Nat and his wife sometimes look at each other without speaking. What does this tell you about their relationship?
They do not need to speak to communicate
200
a figure of speech in which animals, ideas, things, etc. are represented as having human qualities
personification
300
Part II of The Odyssey is when Odysseus battles...
The Suitors
300
Who is Poseidon?
God of the sea; father to Cyclops
300
What is the first time Nat encounters a bird attack?
On tractor/ way home from farm
300
I Saw Steel Sides Spaced Separately (emphasis on 's')
Alliteration
400
What god(ess) tells Odysseus about what is going on back in Ithica?
Athena
400
How does Odysseus view the Gods vs. How Telemachus views the gods
Odysseus does not fear them; Telemachus does
400
What types of birds are attacking?
ALL types (big, small, etc.). Often birds of prey
400
a reference to a well known person, place, event, literary work or work of art.
allusion
500
List two key events that help Odysseus and his men escape the cyclops
Wine puts him to sleep; stab him in the eye; lies about his name; use the sheep to get out
500
How Odysseus proves his identity to his wife
Tells her of their imovable bed (made from a tree)
500
Why is Nat upset about the news on the radio
They do not take the birds seriously at first
500
I did not feel WELL and FELT strange.
assonance ('el' sound)
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