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Book 16 Events
The Odyssey Important Events
Academic Vocabulary Review
"Were you paying attention to us?"
100
This individual is disguised as a beggar at the beginning of Book 16.
Odysseus
100
Who does Odysseus blind during the climactic scene in Book 9?
The Cyclopes/Polyphemus
100
A prologue occurs where in a piece of literature?
At the beginning.
100
What was one of my hobbies that I stated for you at the beginning of the semester?
magic, cooking, songwriting
200
This majestic being appears and tells Odysseus to reveal his true identity to his son
Athena?
200
What does Circe turn Odysseus' men into?
pigs
200
Provide me an example of "Onomatopoeia"
Examples: Buzz, tap-tap, clap-clap, hum
200
How many points is each side of your assignment sheet worth?
25
300
What did the suitors originally intend to do to Telemachus?
Kill him
300
What goddess is Odysseus staying with during the events of Book 5?
Calypso
300
Provide me one example of a "rhetorical device"
metaphor, simile, consonance, assonance, alliteration, etc.
300
How many pieces of paper will be handed out to you whenever we hand out assignments?
Just ONE
400
Eurymachus lies to whom about his plans for Telemachus?
Penelope
400
What event preceded the events of The Odyssey?
The Trojan War
400
Provide me a "subjective" statement
ex: Purple is the best color
400
Name one of the short stories we have read in our Literature textbook.
Seabiscuit, The Sound of Thunder
500
Amphinomus suggests to wait for a sign from whom before taking actions against Telemachus?
the gods
500
How did Odysseus protect his men from the "song of the Sirens" in Book 12?
He stuffed his crews' ears with wax.
500
When I say, "That test was kind of hard" and I received a 0 on the test, my statement is an example of a(n)...
Understatement
500
Name one of the places that Ms. Hamilton taught at before her stay at Patrick Henry?
Alba, Juvenile Hall, etc