The Odyssey
Literary Terms
Language and Sound Devices
Sentence Structure
Potpourri
100

This location is where the Greeks went to fight.

What is Troy?

100

This term refers to the basic units of organization in a play.

What is Acts?

100

The figurative language device used in this sentence:

"As in depths of many seas, my heart was drowned in memories."

What is a simile?

100

The type of structure used in this sentence:

"The team ate at Dairy Queen and McDonald's on the way to the game."

What is simple?

100

What sound device is used in the following line:

"How they tinkle, tinkle, tinkle in the icy air of night."

What is onomatopoeia?

200

This act, made by the Sirens, causes men to forget about their homes. 

What is singing?

200

This term refers to the main character in whom most of the story is centered.

What is protagonist 

200

The type of sound device used in this sentence:


"Hear the mellow wedding bells"

What is Assonance?

200

The structure of this sentence:

"The human brain never stops working until you stand up to speak in public."

What is complex?

200

This term refers to descriptive language that creates word pictures.

What is imagery?

300

This is a custom practiced regularly in Ancient Greek times regarding travelers. 

What is courtesy?

300

This term refers to an object or story element that stands for a larger meaning.

What is symbol?

300

The figurative language device used in this poem:

"When all at once I saw a crowd, 

A host, of golden daffodils;

Beside the lake, beneath the trees,

Fluttering and dancing in the breeze.

What is personification?

300

The structure used in the following sentence:

"Can I go home with you, so we can do our homework together?"

What is Compound?

300

The type of structure in the following sentence:

"I will get to watch television, but first, I have to clean up the dishes after we finish eating."

What is compound-complex?

400

This creature is described as the monster of great rock

What is Scylla?

400

This term refers to groupings of lines.

What is stanza?

400

The sound device used in this sentence:

"Her foot left a print on the carpet."

What is consonance?

400

The type of structure in the following sentence:

"The sun is shining through the clouds, so i think that we can go swimming."

What is compound-complex?

400

The sound device used in this poem:

"The fair breeze blew, the white foam flew, the furrow followed free; We were the first that ever burst into that silent sea."

What is Allilteration?

500

This God punishes Odysseus and his men after they leave Cyclops island.

Who is Poseidon?

500

This term refers to the central insight a story conveys. 

What is theme. 

500

The figurative language device used in this sentence:

"Words are daggers when spoken in anger."

What is a metaphor?

500

The type of structure in this sentence:

"Even though he suffered from arthritis, he studied hard because he wanted to go to medical school."

What is complex?

500

What sound device is used in the following poem:

"A host, of golden daffodils;

beside the lake, beneath the trees,

Fluttering and dancing in the breeze."

What is Assonance?

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