Epics
Heros
Culture
Writing
Ramayana
100
What is an epic?
What is a long narrative poem that reflects a nation's cultural identity and features an epic hero.
100
what is an epic hero?
What is a larger-than-life figure, usually male, who embodies the ideals of a nation or race.
100
What does the story of the Odyssey suggest about ancient Greek religious beliefs?
What is the ancient Greeks believed in many human-like gods who were active in earthly affairs.
100
Define Allusion
What is a reference to a character, place or other aspect from ancient history
100
Who are the two key players om the battle?
What is Rama and Ravana?
200
When an epic poem begins "in medias res," how has the poet started the story?
What is the poet has started the story in the middle of the action.
200
In the story of Odysseus's return home, Athena appears to him and warns him to dress as a beggar. Which attribute of an epic hero, as represented by Odysseus, is most clearly emphasized in this story?
What is the hero's being favored by the gods.
200
Based on the Iliad and the Odyssey, what was the ancient worlds view of war?
What is war was necessary.
200
What is an author's claim and where do you usually find it?
What is a statement essentially arguable but used as a primary point to support or prove an argument (thesis statement), found in the introduction.
200
Why are they fightning?
What is Ravana kidnapped Rama's wife
300
What is the correct term for an elaborate comparison that uses a connecting word, such as like or as, and extends over several lines in an epic?
What is an epic simile.
300
Which aspects of the beggar story best support that Odysseus is favored by the gods?
What is the goddess Athena guides Odysseus's actions and he obeys her.
300
When Odysseus is in the King of the Phoenicians court, he tells his story using what literary structure?
What is flashbacks.
300
What are supporting details?
What is the pieces of evidence that a writer uses to prove the main idea
300
What is Rama's wife's name?
What is Sita
400
"his dear wife, clear and faithful, in his arms, longed for as a the sun warmed earth is longed for by a swimmer spent in rough waters where his ship went does under Poseidon's blows, gale winds and tons of sea."
What is an epic simile?
400
What character flaw does Odysseus who in the adventure with Polyphemus?
What is hubris, excessive pride.
400
Define an archetype?
What is a story element that recurs in the literature of many different cultures and eras.
400
What details are used for support in an essay?
What is facts, statistics, quotations, anecdotes
400
Rama is an incarnation of which Hindu god?
What is Vishnu
500
Which textual element *best* support that the following statement is an epic simile? "his dear wife, clear and faithful, in his arms, longed for as a the sun warmed earth is longed for by a swimmer spent in rough waters where his ship went does under Poseidon's blows, gale winds and tons of sea."
What is the use of the word "as" in an extended comparison.
500
Who is the hero of the Illiad and what his is character flaw? (Think of the first word that starts the Iliad)
What is Achilles is full of rage, uncontrollable rage.
500
What archetype do the battles between Rama and Ravana reflect?
What is the battle between good and evil.
500
How are the introduction paragraph and the conclusion paragraph related in an essay?
What is the introduction introduces the claim and the key points to support the claim and the conclusion restates the claim and key points tying all the key points together and reinforcing the claim.
500
Who is Vishnu?
What is According to Hindu tradition, Vishnu is the preserver and protector of the universe.
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