The Odyssey Vocab 1

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Epic hero

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Superhuman strength, craftiness, confidence

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Epic plot

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A long journey with strange creatures and divine intervention

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Archetypes: Characters, situations, and imagery recognizable across cultures

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Examples: sea monsters, buried treasure, loyal servants

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Imagery

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Use of words to create mental pictures targeting senses

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Epic Simile

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A long comparison between unlike things using 'like' or 'as'

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Epic themes

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Universal concerns: courage, loyalty, beauty, death

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Epithet

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Brief descriptive phrase for a person or thing

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Epic setting

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Fantastic or exotic lands; more than one nation

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Allusion

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Reference in art/literature to a famous person, place, or event

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Repetition in poetry

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Line or word repeated for emphasis