Character Terms
Mythology Terms
Figurative Language
Sound Devices
Greek Gods and Goddesses
100
The character who works in opposition to the main character.
What is the antagonist?
100
A long, narrative poem, typically about interactions between humans and the gods.
What is an epic poem?
100
An extremely complicated comparison using "like" or "as"
What is an epic simile?
100
Words that sound like the sound they are meant to portray.
What is onomatopoeia?
100
The god who controls lightning.
Who is Zeus?
200
A fully developed, realistic character.
What is round?
200
The author of The Odyssey
Who is Homer?
200
"Proud Troy" is an example of this type of figurative language.
What is personification?
200
The repetition of sounds at the beginning of words.
What is alliteration?
200
The goddess who was born by walking out of the sea.
Who is Aphrodite?
300
A character who is essentially the same person at the end of the story.
What is static?
300
A term referring to a negative personality trait of a hero
What is the fatal flaw?
300
Any comparison between two unlike things.
What is a metaphor?
300
Words that very nearly rhyme, but that don't quite.
What is slant rhyme?
300
The god who serves as the primary antagonist in The Odyssey
Who is Poseidon?
400
A set of two characters meant to contrast each other.
What is a foil?
400
The Hero's Journey is one kind of this term for a recurring plot pattern.
What is an archetype?
400
An extreme exaggeration.
What is hyperbole?
400
The repetition of internal vowel sounds.
What is assonance?
400
The twin of Apollo.
Who is Artemis?
500
A more rebellious heroic character (Batman would be an example)
What is an antihero?
500
The use of a descriptive phrase, set off by commas, that further describes a person or character.
What is an epithet?
500
The combination of two senses, like hearing and taste.
What is synethesia?
500
The repetition of sounds at the end of words
What is consonance?
500
The blacksmith of the gods.
Who is Hephaestus?
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