The Odyssey: Part 1

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Definition of foreshadowing

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Author's clues for future events

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Interruption in chronological order

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Flashback

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Long narrative poem about history or folklore

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Epic

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King of Ithaca

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Odysseus

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Author of The Odyssey

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Homer

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Definition of Alliteration

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Repetition of initial consonant sounds in nearby syllables (e.g., 'slippery slope', 'weak and weary')

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Epithet

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Characterizing phrase for a person, place, or thing

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Her mind in torment, like a lion at bay

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Simile

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Example of an epithet

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'Son of Laertes, Odysseus, master mariner and soldier

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Comparison in epic simile

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Sizzling sound of Cyclops' eye = fire-hot metal in cold water