Odyssey Literary Terms

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Using elevated writing

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Ennobled diction

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Statement that appears contradictory

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Paradox

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Elements of a poem come together:

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Parallelism

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In medias res

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Beginning in middle of action

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Invocation

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Prayer at beginning of an epic

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Larger than life hero

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Epic hero

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Epic Hero

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Odysseus

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Descriptive phrase for a quality

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Epithet

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Homeric simile

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Long comparison

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Epic digression

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Interruption of story for unconnected detail