This takes two very different things and it's really long, with lots of details.
What is a Homeric or epic simile?
100
When the audience knows something that the character doesn't, this is happening.
What is dramatic irony?
100
This person tricked Polyphemus so that he could escape and make fun of him.
Who is Odysseus?
100
This is how many lines are in a sonnet.
What is 14?
200
This means "in the middle of things" and it's how epic poems begin.
What is in media res?
200
Saying "The Skillful Warrior" instead of Achilles is an example of this.
What is an epithet?
200
While the three beasts are "literally" in the wood with Dante, they are also _____________(s) of sin.
What are symbols?
200
In the Epic of Gilgamesh, this character has a dream about his death.
Who is Enkidu?
200
"Like father, like son" is an example of this.
What is parallelism?
300
A story or poem with a hidden, deeper meaning
What is an allegory?
300
"Snapping life shut. Then he stepped to another . . ."
The space between "shut" and "then" is an example of this.
What is a caesura?
300
Although Oedipus can literally "see," he cannot __________________(ly) "see" the truth."
What is metaphorically?
300
These two characters from the Hebrew Bible and The Epic of Gilgamesh have a flood in common.
Who are Utnapishtim and Noah?
300
After he has his mental breakdown, Oedipus hurts himself to illustrate this (according to Aristotle).
What is a catharsis?
400
The attitude of an author toward an audience. Example: Cheerful, sarcastic, and aggressive
What is tone?
400
"Hell-forged hands" and "Hammer-forged blades" are examples of this.
What is a kenning?
400
“Those who disbelieve, theirs will be a severe torment; and those who believe and do righteous good deeds, theirs will be forgiveness and a great reward.”
This excerpt from the Koran is an example of this.
What is an anithesis?
400
This guy had an affair with Dido and founded Rome.
Who is Aeneas?
400
This is what I'm doing when I'm clapping my hands to a poem and marking down the patterns of the beat.
What is scansion?
500
This is a character, plot device, or a symbol that everyone understands.
What is an archetype?
500
"Sing in me muse, and tell me the story" at the beginning of the Odyssey is an example of the epic device.
What is an invocation?
500
Semiramis, Ugliono, and Virgil are all examples of this in Dante's Inferno.
What is an allusion?
500
These two people pleaded for Hector to not fight Achilles.
Who are King Priam and Queen Hecuba.
500
"Its loveliness increases; it will never
Pass into nothingness but still will keep . . ."
Rather than being endstopped, these lines of poetry are examples of an _____________________.