Plot Elements
background information, setting, and characters
Exposition
the main character in a story
Protagonist
giving a non-human thing human-like traits
Personification
the lie Odysseus tells the cyclops
his name is Nobody
the name of the cyclops in The Odyssey
where all loose ends and conflicts are wrapped up
Resolution
the method of narration in a story; the perspective of the narrator
Point of View
"gaping and crunching like a mountain lion" is an example of what poetic device?
Simile
Odysseus' heroic quality
cleverness
what the cyclops keeps doing to Odysseus' men
eating them
the series of conflicts and complications that lead up to the climax
Rising Action
an underlying message about life or human nature that the author wants the reader to understand
Theme
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"rather a shaggy mountain reared in solitude" is an example of what poetic device?
Metaphor
the thing that Odysseus brings onto the island
a wineskin full of wine
the turning point or most intense moment of the story
Climax
the use of hints and clues to suggest what will happen later in the story
Foreshadowing
"when Dawn with the fingertips of rose" is an example of what poetic device?
Personification
the character flaw that Odysseus shows when he tells the cyclops his real name
Pride
the first villianous thing that the cyclops does
grabs two men and eats them
introduces the main conflict that drives the story line
Inciting Incident
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the author's attitude or feelings towards the writing
Tone
"two dozen four-wheeled wagons, with heaving wagon teams, could NOT have stirred the tonnage of that rock from where he wedged it over the doorsill" is an example of what poetic device?
Hyperbole
the Greek custom that Odysseus expected from the cyclops
Hospitality
the reason Odysseus doesn't kill the cyclops in his sleep
the men need the cyclops to move the door