Literary Devices
Comparing things using 'like' or 'as'.
What is a simile?
Brave, clever, reckless, impatient, devoted, and jealous.
What are some traits of Odysseus?
capital letter, punctuation, subject, verb, make sense
What does every sentence have to have?
assertion, evidence, commentary
What does AEC stand for?
An epic poem about a flawed hero.
What is The Odyssey?
The same consonant sound is repeated at the beginning of adjacent or nearby words.
What is alliteration?
Cyclops, Lotus Eaters, Charybdis, Sylla, and Sirens.
What are the monsters/obstacles Odysseus encounters?
SV, SSV, SSVV, SVV
What is a simple sentence?
Jill is a bad sister.
What is an assertion?
What is Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets?
A non-human is given human qualities or characteristics.
What is personification?
a long, narrative poem that tells the grand story of a hero.
What is an epic poem?
I;I or I,cI
What is a compound sentence?
Tattle-tellers make bad sisters because they are telling your parents things just to get you in trouble.
What is commentary?
A short story about a lady who had to make a difficult choice.
What is The Lady or the Tiger?
Where a word imitates the sound it represents.
What is onomatopoeia?
Went looking for Odysseus to prove he was alive.
Who is Telemachus?
D,I or ID
What is a complex sentence?
When Jill said, "Stop, or I am telling mom," she was being a tattle-teller.
What is evidence?
A short story about two young brothers and their relationship.
What is The Scarlet Ibis?
An indirect reference to people, places, things, or events, either real or imaginary.
What is allusion?
A creative work's main idea or underlying meaning.
What is the theme?
When I went to the store.
What is a dependent clause?
(Homer, 12)
What is a citation?
A story about a woman who learned a lesson the hard way.
What is The Necklance?