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Epics and Myth
The Odyssey
Poetry
Lit Terms I
Lit Terms II
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An epic is a long, narrative poem that _______________________________.
What is tells the story of a hero on a journey/quest?
100
Odysseus, an epic hero, is the king of this land.
What is Ithaca?
100
This is when two words share the same sound.
What is rhyme?
100
This is a comparison without using like or as.
What is metaphor?
100
This is a comparison using like or as.
What is simile?
200
He is a writer of epics known as "The Blind Poet"
What is Homer?
200
Odysseus and his men wound the Cyclopes by doing this.
What is shoving a hot spike into his eye?
200
This is the rhythm of a poem.
What is meter?
200
This is giving human characteristics to non-human things.
What is personification?
200
Odysseus's ____________ is pride.
What is tragic flaw?
300
These stories tell how something was created according to a specific culture?
What is myth?
300
Odysseus proves to his wife who he is when he knows about this.
What is his bed?
300
This style of poem tells a song-like story.
What is a ballad?
300
Some examples of this are man vs. man, man vs. nature, man vs. society, and man vs. self.
What is conflict?
300
This is something that stands for something else
What is symbol?
400
These people often visited Earth in hidden forms, so it was important to be nice to strangers.
What is gods and goddesses?
400
Penelope kept her suitors away by secretly doing this every night for three years.
What is unweaving the shroud for Laertes?
400
This kind of rhyme contains two words within the same line.
What is internal rhyme?
400
This is when words share the same beginning consonant sound.
What is alliteration?
400
This is when an author uses sensory words.
What is imagery?
500
This epic poem is the prequel to the Odyssey.
What is the Iliad?
500
The prophet Tiresias says Odysseus must do these three things.
What is avoid the cattle of Helios, kill all the suitors, and make a sacrifice to Poseidon?
500
Slant rhyme is when two words ________________
What is nearly rhyme?
500
This is when words share the same vowel sounds.
What is assonance?
500
This is when words share the same ending consonant sound.
What is consonance?