Name 4 obstacles Odysseus encounters on his journey.
What is the Lotus Eaters, Cyclops, Scylla, Charybdis,Sirens, Poseidon, Bad winds, Calypso, Circe, Cannibals, the suitors, etc.
100
Why is imagery important to a poem or text? (Must have at least 2 reasons)
What is it creates mood/emotion, brings the story to life, and paints a picture in the reader's head.
200
An over-exaggeration
What is a hyperbole.
200
Definition of an Epic.
What is A long narrative poem that relates the great deeds of a larger-than-life hero who embodies the values of a particular society
200
“And I will love thee still, my dear, Till a’ the seas gang dry”
What is Hyperbole.
200
Warning from the prophet in the underworld.
What is DO NOT touch the cattle belonging to the Sun God, Helios.
200
“When the young Dawn with fingertips of rose touched the world”
1. What literary element.
2. What characteristic of an epic.
What is Personification/repetition. Repetition is used so that the bard can more easily remember the lines/ order of story.
300
Define personification
What is giving inanimate objects human characteristics.
300
An example of an Epic Simile from "The Odyssey".
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What is 1. Comparing Scylla eating the men to a person catching a fish. 2. Comparing Odysseus stringing and plucking his bow to a musician stringing and plucking a harp. 3. Comparing the pile of dead suitors to a pile of dead fish.
300
“The squalling cat and the squeaking mouse, the howling dog by the door of the house”,
What is Onomatopoeia
300
What characteristic is displayed in the following quote?
"But as I sent them on toward Scylla, I told them nothing. They would have dropped their oars again, in panic, to roll for cover under the decking."
What is leadership/ wisdom?
300
For oft, when on my couch I lie,/ in vacant or in pensive mood,/ They flash upon that inward eye,/ which is the bliss of solitude,/And then my heart with pleasure fills,/
And dances with the daffodils.
What is the speaker Doing? What does he mean by "Inward eye"?
What is Lying on his couch in a bad mood, then he remembers the daffodils and becomes happy. Memory.
400
The difference between alliteration and assonance.
What is alliteration is the repetition of consonant sounds, assonance is the repetition of vowel sounds.
400
List 4 epic hero characteristics.
What is 1. Stronger and braver than ordinary human beings. 2. Pursues his goal in the face of many obstacles. 3. Possesses character traits valued by a particular society. 4. Has human downfalls.
400
“So a kiss or two was nothing to you”
What is Internal Rhyme.
400
Penelope's trick to delay marrying the suitors.
What is she is weaving a shroud and convinces the suitors she cannot marry until she is finished it. It takes 4 years because she weaves during the day then unravels everything at night.
400
"All deaths are hateful to us, mortal wretches, but famine is the most pitiful, the worst end that a man can come to. Will you fight it?"
What is Odysseus' men are in conflict with hunger.
500
Define Oxymoron and give an example.
What is combining two contadictorry ideas together ("jumbo shrimp")
500
List 8 out of 10 Epic characteristics.
What is 1. In media res, 2. Invocation, 3.Has an Epic Hero. 4.Gods play an active role. 5. Monstrous Villains. 6. Formal language 7. Heroic deeds/battle, 8. Teaches a moral lesson, 9. Hero is on a quest, 10. Setting is vast
500
“The sun is a wounded deer, That treads pale grass in the skies, Shaking his golden horns, Flashing his baleful eyes”
What is Imagery, Personification, and Metaphor
500
Describe the plot context -- "Nor had I yet seen the worst of it: for now the west wind dropped, and a southern gale came on -- one more twist of the knife -- taking me north again straight for Charybdis. ...There as the whirlpool drank the tide, a billow tossed me, and I sprang for the great fig tree, catching on like a bat under a bough"
What is after Odysseus' ship was destroyed by Zeus and he was floating on a raft towards Charybdis. A wave then knocks him into a tree where he hangs like a bat. Afterwards, he gets back on his raft and floats for 9 days before reaching Calypso's island.
500
“Ah, how sound that was! Yet I refused. I wished to see the caveman, what he had to offer”.
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What is Indirect characterization. Tells the reader that Odysseus is curious.