Vocab
An individual who many would identify as "not caring"
Indifferent
This is the FIRST event that happens in the Cyclops excerpt
What is Odysseus and his men arriving near the mainland and seeing the cavern?
The prefix “un-” in “untended” most closely means this.
What is “not”?
The suffix “-less” means this.
What is “characteristic of” or “like”?
The detailed description of the Cyclopes’ lack of laws helps build this tone.
Danger
Someone who is well mannered
civility (civil)
This natural detail shows the land is fertile without farming.
What is the grain and grapes growing untended?
In the Cyclops passage, “indifferent” contains the prefix “in-” meaning this.
What is “not” or “without”?
What does the suffix “-ous” add to a word, as in a word Odysseus might use (“dangerous,” “courageous”)?
What is “full of” something?
Describing the cavern as “yawning above the water” is an example of this device.
Personification
A main enemy or foe
adversary
This event reveals the Cyclops’ violent or harsh nature.
What is the description of “rough justice” to wife and child?
If a word begins with “mis-,” it usually means this has happened.
What is something was done wrongly or badly?
In the word “childish,” the suffix “-ish” means this.
What is “characteristic of” or “like”?
Describing the Cyclops’ land before showing Polyphemus himself serves this structural purpose.
Suspense/Foreshadowing
A soldier who is 6'9" and rather muscular would be described as this
Titanic
This detail about the cave helps show that the Cyclops is self-sufficient.
What is the rams and goats gathered in the sheepfold?
Create a word with the prefix “re-” that Odysseus might do during the journey
Return, retell, rebuild, etc.
The suffix “-er” in “farmer” or “gatherer” refers to this.
What is “a person who does something”?
Listing the Cyclopes’ traits (“no muster,” “no meeting,” “no consultation”) creates this effect.
What is emphasis through repetition?
Athena is known as a master tactician because she is able to utilize complex _______
tactics
This early detail about the Cyclopes’ society hints at the conflict Odysseus will face.
What is learning that the Cyclopes have no laws, no assemblies, and live separately in individual caves?
Explain how the prefix in “immortal” changes the root word.
What is it makes “mortal” (able to die) become “not able to die”?
Add a correct suffix to “hero” to create a word describing Odysseus.
What is “heroic”?
Homer’s choice to describe Ithaca in a long list of features reveals this theme.
What is love of home