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Vocabulary 1-2
Vocabulary 2-3
Literary Terms
Speak
Odyssey
100
to listen closely and carefully
What is attentively?
100
friend
What is comrade?
100
the author or speaker's attitude toward their subject
What is the tone?
100
the student who rapes Melinda
Who is Andy Evans?
100
the creature blinded by Odysseus
Who is the Cyclops?
200
incapable of being tired
What is indefatigable?
200
to reproach; to call out for wrongdoing
What is censure?
200
ideas and feelings associated with a word
What is the connotation of a word?
200
Melinda's ex-best friend
Who is Rachel/Rachelle?
200
the goddess who turns Odysseus' men into pigs
Who is Circe?
300
a state of oppressing other people
What is tyranny?
300
coated in gold
What is gilded?
300
a name or nickname for someone or something--for example: "the wine-dark sea" or "flawless bed of love"
What is an epithet?
300
the mentor figure for Melinda
Who is Mr. Freeman?
300
the goddess who keeps Odysseus on her island for 7 years of love
Who is Calypso?
400
a saying or motto
What is a maxim?
400
sad; gloomy
What is morose?
400
a simile that has lots of details in the object of comparison
What is an epic simile?
400
the only "friend" that Melinda has
Who is Heather?
400
the faithful wife of Odysseus
Who is Penelope?
500
wealthy and success
What is prosperity?
500
anger at something unjust
What is indignation?
500
a stereotypical personality type or situation that occurs again and again throughout literature
What is an archetype?
500
Recovery is a long and painful process.
What is a theme from Speak?
500
Odysseus' son
Who is Telemachus?