Greek Gods/Goddesses
True or False:
Polytheistic means believing in one God.
False. Believes in more than one God
True or False: There are two types of Irony
False. There is three types of Irony
What is a Simile?
Comparison of two unlike things using like or as.
What are the three rhetorical appeals?
Ethos, Pathos, Logos
Who is the king of the gods?
Zeus
What major event allowed the Olympians to come to power?
A war between Zeus and the Titans
Verbal Irony is
A person or character says one thing but really means the opposite.
"These casinos are always hungry enough to eat your dinner.” is an example of which figurative language device?
Personification
What appeal has to do with "emotion?"
True or False: Hermes is the God who rules the underworld.
False. Hades
Zeus values honesty by doing what to people who are dishonest?
He punishes those who lie or break promises
This occurs when what actually happens is the opposite of what is expected or appropriate.
What type of irony is this?
Situational Irony
________ is used to make readers perceive things involving their five senses. It paints a picture for the reader.
Imagery
What appeal has to do with "character, ethics, credibility, and trustworthiness"?
What type of figurative language is being used in the phrase: "Soda attracted girls like honey draws flies"?
Simile
What is a key difference between Athena and Ares?
Athena represents wisdom and strategy, while Ares represents violence
Which type of irony is used in this example?
In a mystery film, a thief robs a convenience store. Detectives search the parking lot for clues while the robber sits on a bench nearby, watching them and waiting for the next bus.
Dramatic Irony
True or false: "The fight for self-preservation had hardened him beyond caring" is a metaphor.
True
"I have but one lamp by which my feet are guided, and that is the lamp of experience." -Patrick Henry – "Give Me Liberty or Give Me Death" (1775)
What type of appeal is being used?
Ethos
"We will have to repent in this generation not merely for the hateful words and actions of the bad people but for the appalling silence of the good people." Martin Luther King Jr. – "Letter from Birmingham Jail" (1963)
What type of appeal is being used?
Pathos
Which god represents the negative side of war?
Ares
Firefighters leave the firehouse to put out a fire at the school. After the fire is extinguished, they return to the firehouse to shower. When they arrive, they find it has burned down. This is __________ irony.
Situational
What type of literary device is being used in the sentence "I almost jumped out of my skin"
Hyperbole
"The first is freedom of speech and expression—everywhere in the world. The second is freedom of every person to worship God in his own way. The third is freedom from want. The fourth is freedom from fear." Franklin D. Roosevelt – "Four Freedoms" Speech (1941)
What type of appeal is being used?
Logos
What do all the Ancient Greeks believe?
Many gods controlled different parts of life