Hades 1
A long narrative poem telling of a hero's deeds
What is an epic?
Interesting words and phrases that catch your attention.
What is word choice or diction?
Descriptive words that appeal to the reader's five senses
What is imagery?
Language that should not be taken literally
a) Hades
b) Graphic Novel
c) Figurative Language
d) Virgil
c) Figurative Language
A river in the part of the underworld called Tartaros.
a) Tartareon Acheron
b) Graphic Novel
c) Epic Poem
d) Aeneid
a) Tartareon Acheron
A book-length story in comic-strip style
What is a graphic novel?
A character, image, or pattern that is universally recognizable and appears consistently across literature and thought.
What is an archetype?
A loose sleeveless coat or cloak
a) Charon
b) Grim
c) Wretched
d) Mantle
d) Mantle
The epic poem by Virgil that told the story of a great Trojan hero, Aeneas
What is the Aeneid?
Another River in the Underworld
a) Mantle
b) Cocytus
c) Grim
d) Wretched
b) Cocytus
A comparison using the words "like" or "as"
What is a simile?
A comparison without using the words like or as.
What is a metaphor?
God of the underworld
Who is Hades?
Giving an object or animal, human feelings, thoughts, or characteristics
What is personification?
The repetition of consonant sounds
a) metaphor
b) hyperbole
c) idiom
d) alliteration
d) alliteration
Overly exaggerated statements or claims not meant to be taken literally.
a) alliteration
b) hyperbole
c) simile
d) personification
b) hyperbole
A word that mimics the sound it represents (clip clop)
What is onomatopoeia?
The realm of the dead
Where is the Underworld?
It's a common expression that doesn't make sense if you take it literally. (It is raining cats and dogs outside)
a) hyperbole
b) idiom
c) simile
d) metaphor
b) idiom
Someone who takes passengers across the water by boat
What is a ferryman?
As a literary device or artistic form, it is a narrative or visual representation in which a character, place, or event can be interpreted to represent a hidden meaning with moral or political significance.
What is an allegory?
The ferryman that leads souls across the river Styx.
Who is Charon
What tone do the first four lines in "The Aeneid of Virgil" create?
What is grim and wretched?
How is Cerberus characterized by both words and illustrations in Hades: Lord of the Dead?
a) friendly but fierce
b) loyal and territorial
c) terrified but trustworthy
d) frightening and ferocious
a) friendly but fierce
According to the description of the crowded shores of Erebus in Hades: Lord of the Dead, how do the anonymous dead view the living?
a) as irresistible objects
b) as food
c) as sad memories
d) as nonexistent
a) as irresistible objects