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Poetry
The Odyssey
Romeo & Juliet
Figurative Language
Characteristics of an Epic
100
A regular pattern of rhyme found in a poem.
What is rhyme scheme?
100
The main character of The Odyssey.
Who is Odysseus?
100
In the play, Romeo & Juliet, nearly all the characters die by the end. This style of play is known as this.
What is tragedy?
100
You are small snail, like a tiny pebble of sand.
What is simile?
100
Odysseus is known as a _____________.
What is epic hero?
200
A group of lines in a poem.
What is a stanza?
200
The home and birthplace of the main character of The Odyssey.
What is Ithaca?
200
Romeo kills this character just after marrying Juliet.
Who is Tybalt?
200
The blazing forest, a shining sun in the desert, burnt still after many days.
What is metaphor?
200
Circe, the witch, is known as a ___________.
What is wicked temptress?
300
A poem with 3 quatrains and a couplet. Usually about the topic of love.
What is a Shakespearean Sonnet?
300
The theme of The Odyssey could best be described as this.
What is trying to get home?
300
This is the last character we learn dies.
Who is Lady Montague?
300
To write with a broken pencil is pointless.
What is pun?
300
The name of the Cyclopes is _____________.
What is Polyphemus?
400
A sound created by a pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables in a line of poetry.
What is rhythm (or meter)?
400
Odysseus and his crew must travel to the underworld, it's Greek name is this.
What is Hades?
400
This means two people whose fates are intertwined in a negative way.
What is star-crossed?
400
"Which circle slowly with a silken swish"
What is alliteration?
400
Odysseus is held captive for seven years by ___________________.
Who is Calypso?
500
The meter used by Shakespeare in most of his plays, poems, and other works.
What is iambic pentameter?
500
Odysseus fights two sea monsters named this.
Who are Scylla and Charybdis?
500
The prologue tells us that the play Romeo & Juliet will be exactly this length.
What is two hours?
500
The repetition of constant sounds within and at the ends of words.
What is consonance?
500
The loyal servant is a character often found in an epic known as what?
What is archetype?