Vocab I - Literary Terms
Vocab II
Island of the Cyclops
Odysseus' Adventures
Miscellaneous
100
A longer poem written about a hero's journey is called this
What is an epic?
100
This is the sentence that explains your topic and points of summary to the reader.
What is a thesis sentence?
100
This is what the Cyclops lives in.
What is a cave?
100
These are the people who tried to convince Odysseus and his men to stay and do NOTHING forever.
Who are the Lotus Eaters?
100
This is the God who is a father to Polyphemus (Cyclops).
Who is Posiedon?
200
The early epics were not written. They were passed by this method.
What is Oral Tradition?
200
Using this from the text will show the reader that you have proof that your thesis is correct.
What is evidence?
200
This is what Odysseys turns the Cyclops club into.
What is a stake?
200
These are the people that Odysseus is supposed to ignore.
Who are the Sirens?
200
This is when you give an animal or object human characteristics. Give an example, for bonus points!
What is personification. "rose-tipped dawn"
300
This term refers to the telling of a story.
What is narrative?
300
When you make an invocation, this is what you have done.
What is making a prayer or appeal (asking for something) from a higher power?
300
This is the name that Odysseus gives the Cyclops to trick him.
What is Nohbdy?
300
This is the Goddess who helps Odysseus often.
Who is Athena?
300
This is why the Odyssey is a heroic epic.
What is because it is a long, narrative poem that follows the Hero's Journey about a brave man who must overcome many challenges to return home to his family.
400
Making reference to another person or text from history is called this.
What is allusion?
400
When two lines rhyme together in iambic pentameter, they are one of these.
What is a heroic couplet?
400
This is the kind of soil that the island of the Cyclopes has.
What is rich and fertile?
400
This is the author of "The Odyssey."
Who is Homer?
400
Name a God/Goddess and one of their powers.
What is (varries)...
500
Chronological Order refers to stories told or written in this order
What is the order they actually happened?
500
This is the Greek philosophy that empowers you to "be the best you can be" and have "virtue" in everything that you do.
What is arete?
500
This is something that the Cyclopes know very little about.
What is community or fair play?
500
This is how Odysseus views the land of the Lotus Eaters AND what happens to some of his men there.
What is he sees how it would be easy to leave everything behind, but feels a sense of duty to return, and so the Lotus Eaters are a lazy, melancholy people. Some of his men are left on the island because they cannot be saved.
500
Give an example of an epithet.
(answers vary) Possibilities: Rose-tipped Goddess, Golden Haired Athena, Richard the Lion-hearted, Alexander the Great
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