Literary Devices 1
A comparison using "like" or "as."
What is a simile?
How many times was Caesar offered the crown?
What is 3?
King of the Greek gods.
Who is Zeus?
Goddess of love and beauty.
Who is Aphrodite?
A creature from Greek mythology that has the body of a man and the head of a bull.
What is a minotaur?
A comparison between two unlike things without using "like" or "as."
What is a metaphor?
Caesar's close friend who joins the conspiracy.
Who is Brutus?
Goddess of wisdom and warfare.
Who is Athena?
God of war.
Who is Ares?
The winged horse of Greek mythology.
Who is Pegasus?
Giving human characteristics to nonhuman things.
What is personification?
Caesar says, "_____ , Brute?"
What is "Et tu"?
God of the underworld.
Who is Hades?
Goddess of the harvest.
Who is Demeter?
Hero known for completing twelve labors.
Who is Hercules (Heracles)?
The repetition of beginning consonant sounds.
What is alliteration?
This character delivers the famous funeral speech beginning with "Friends, Romans, countrymen..."
Who is Mark Antony?
God of the sea.
Who is Poseidon?
God of the sun, music, and prophecy.
Who is Apollo?
The monster with snakes for hair.
Who is Medusa?
An extreme exaggeration used for effect.
What is hyperbole?
The wife who warns Caesar not to go to the Senate.
Who is Calpurnia?
Messenger of the gods.
Who is Hermes?
Goddess of the moon and hunting.
Who is Artemis?
This epic hero took ten years to return home after the Trojan War.
Who is Odysseus?