VOCABULARY
LITERARY ELEMENTS
ODYSSEY CHARACTERS
THE ODYSSEY
MORE OF
THE ODYSSEY
100

The main idea of an essay

Thesis statement or controlling idea
100

When Odysseus begins to tell his story to the king, this is the literary technique being used

Flashback

100

Lures men with singing; turns Odysseus's men into pigs

Circe

100

This is the first person Odysseus revealed his true identity to

Telemachus

100

This was the secret of Penelope and Odysseus's bed

It could not be moved

200
Writing that tells a story

Narrative writing

200

Odysseus's encounter with the Cyclops shows that he is 

creative

200

This was Odysseus's dog

Argos

200

This event destroyed Odysseus's men and ship

His men slaughtered and ate the cows of Helios.

200

Odysseus offers a prayer to this Greek god as he prepares to fire the bow

Apollo

300

Proof

Evidence

300

This is the overall message about life in a literary work

theme

300

This was Odysseus's wife

Penelope
300

Odysseus told the Cyclops his name was ________.

Nobody

300

This is what Elepenor asks Odyssues to do for him when Odysseus visits the land of the dead

Give him a proper burial

400

Information that backs up a point

Supporting details

400

The episode in the story with Odysseus's dog Argos demostrates this theme

loyalty

400

He was a great warrior and sailor

Odysseus

400

Odysseus told Telemachus to do this when he returned to the manor

Hide all the weapons and shields

400

This is how Odysseus injured the Cyclops

Poke his eye out

500

Something that gets the readers attention at the beginning of an essay

Hook

500
Odysseus is the ____________ of the story

protagonist

500

This was Odysseus's mother

Anticleas

500

Odysseus did this to encourage his men as they battled Scylla and Charybdis

Encouraged them

500

This is the blind poet who wrote The Odyssey

Homer

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