Hammer Grammar
The subject of this sentence:
I slammed my thumb with a hammer.
Whst is "I"?
What is "Ithaca"?
This root means "good".
What is "bene"?
The lead suitor (and the first to die) in The Odyssey.
Who is Antinoos?
What is a story's exposition?
The coordinate conjunction in this sentence:
The hammer fell on my tow, and I shouted, "Dang it!"
What is "and"?
The gods hang out here.
What is Mt. Olympus?
An anthropologist studies these creatures.
What are humans?
My symbols are an owl and my cool shield. I love Odysseus and try to help him get home.
Who is Athena?
This is the term for a situation when the audience knows something the characters do not know.
What is "dramatic irony"?
The proper noun in this sentence:
I bought a hammer at Lowe's.
What is "Lowe's"?
Odysseus goes here to speak with Tiresias, the prophet.
What is Erebus (or The Land of the Dead)?
If "pater" means "father," then "patricide" means this.
What is "the killing of a father"?
I was minding my own business, doiing what guys with one eye do, when these obnoxious Greeks invaded my space and showed me huge disrespect.
Who is Polyphemus?
A reference to a historical event, an outside character, or another work of literature.
What is an allusion?
The personal pronoun in this sentence:
"Well, you never know when a hammer will come in handy!"
What is "you"?
Odysseus spent 7-8 years here with a wicked attractive goddess.
What is Ogygia?
If "amble" means "to walk at a leisurely pace,"
"circumambulate" means this.
What is "to walk around at a leisurely pace"?
Things might have been different if the guy in pictures had come out to Soledad to rescue me from a hasty wedding.
Who is Curley's wife?
The alternate term for "falling action."
What is denouement?
The verb phrase in this sentence:
"Don't hammer your thumb!"
Those Greeks made a huge mistake when they ate the cows on this island.
What is Thrinacia?
Since "acro" means "high," then "acropolis" means this.
What is a high city?"
I'm a fantastic villain because I've set aside the most basic pieces of morality and embraced what entertains and challenges me.
Who is General Zaroff?
When an item, phrase, or character is misplaced in time.
What is an anachronism?