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Ninth Final
Study for Ms. Robbins' Ninth Literature Final
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Epic | A long narrative poem that tells the adventures of a hero |
| Myths | Traditional cultural stories that explain something about the world |
| Epic Hero | A figure who goes on a quest, is strong, brave, intelligent, and often helped by the gods |
| Symbol | Something that stands for something other than itself |
| Conflict | The problem a character faces |
| Situational Irony | When something happens that is completely the opposite of what was expected |
| The Land of the Cyclopes | Odysseus and his men meet the cyclops Polyphemus and blind him in order to escape his cave. Polyphemus tells his father Poseidon to curse them |
| The Sirens | Odysseus fills his men's ears with beeswax and ties himself to the mast of the ship so he can listen to the deadly Sirens' song. |
| Scylla and Charybdis | Odysseus calms his men so they don't awaken the beast Scylla, but six men are eaten and the ship is nearly swallowed by the whirlpool Charybdis. |
| Odysseus's Return Home | Odysseus is disguised as a beggar by Athena and slaughters the suitors in his home. He convinces Penelope it is him by telling her the secret of their bed (that it is built around a living tree) |
| Penelope's Final Task | To choose a suitor, Penelope says the men must string Odysseus's bow and shoot an arrow through twelve axe handles. Only Odysseus succeeds |
| Themes of the Odyssey | Loyalty, overcoming obstacles, triumph over temptation, humans vs. gods |
| Greek Culture | Greeks used myths to explain what they did not understand. Gods were the focus of their religious life, and they treated all guests as if they were gods (just in case they were a god in disguise) |
| Homeric simile | A very long, detailed simile |
| First person narration | Narration coming from the perspective of a character, using "I, me, my." Used by Homer to make the events more dramatic and exciting |
| Homeric traits | Homeric simile, first person narration, believable heroes who have both good and bad traits, vivid descriptions with lots of imagery |
| Poetry | Writing that is not prose; usually has rhyme and meter |
| Rhyme | When two or more words share the same vowel sound and end sound |
| Meter | The pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables within a poem |
| Rhyme Scheme | The pattern of rhyme within a poem; each line is assigned a letter |
| Alliteration | Two or more words share the same beginning sound |
| Couplet | A group of two lines |
| Quatrain | A group of four lines |
| Onomatopoeia | Words that mimic sounds |
| Simile | A comparison using 'like' or 'as' |
| Metaphor | A comparison not using 'like' or 'as' |
| Imagery | Words that evoke the five senses |
| Personification | Giving human characteristics to non-human things |
| Theme | The central message or insight into life |
| TPFASTT | Title Paraphrase Figurative Language Attitude Shift Title Theme |
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amanda.robbins
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