Module 2 Lesson 14

Vocabulary Part 2

It is helpful to make a note on each word that it is on the part 2 quiz.

​Word	​Definition	​Synonym/Example
​comrade (n.)	A close friend who shares interests.	​
​jubilant (adj.)	​joyful; feeling happy because of success	​
​triumphant (adj.)	​victorious	​

Essential Question

What is the significance and power of the hero's journey?

Focusing Question 2

How does The Odyssey exhibit the genre Expectations of the Monomyth?

The Odyssesy

​Word	​Meaning	​Synonyms/Examples
pine (v.)	To long for	ache, yearn

The Odyssesy

Read Pages 100-119

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The Odyssesy

Handout 14A: Narrative Techniques

Open Ended

TDQ: What important information does the opening narration of "Stranded on Calypso's Island" provide readers (100-102)? Why might the author emphasize that Odysseus "[pines] for his home" (102)?

Open Ended

TDQ: How does Cross use narration and dialogue in the scenes on pages 103-105 and 118-119 to weave in Penelope and Telemachus's story into The Odyssey's larger narrative (bigger story)?

Open Ended

TDQ: Cross transitions next to another setting, this time to Mt. Olympus. How does this brief scene's use of narration and dialogue reveal the gods' relationship with mortals, as well as why Odysseus might need a mentor at this point in the plot?

Open Ended

TDQ: In the scene featuring Poseidon and Odysseus at sea (pgs. 110-116), how does this lengthier scene's use of narration, dialogue, and inner monologue reveal that Odysseus has reached the Ordeal Stage of his hero's journey?