Odyssey Terms

A figure of speech involving the comparison of one thing with another thing of a different kind, used to make a description more emphatic or vivid.  Usually introduce with "like" or "as"

• Antonym 
• Synonym 
• Simile 
• Hyperbole

An adjective or descriptive phrase expressing a quality characteristic of the person or thing mentioned. "Ivan the Terrible" or "Richard the Lion Heart"

• Homonym
• Antagonist
• Protagonist
• Epithet

Is a figure of speech that is used to make a comparison between two things that aren't alike but do have something in common. "The snow is a white blanket."

• Metaphor
• Acrostic
• Anecdote
• Biography

Is the ancient Greek concept of hospitality, the generosity and courtesy shown to those who are far from home and/or associates of the person bestowing guest-friendship.

• Nectar
• Xenia
• Bard
• Xenophobe

A specific type of writing in which the settings, characters, and events stand for other specific people, events, or ideas.

• Contrast
• Connotation 
• Cliche
• Alliteration

Describes a personality quality of extreme or foolish pride or dangerous overconfidence.^[ In its ancient Greek context, it typically describes behavior that defies the norms of behavior or challenges the gods, and which in turn brings about the downfall.

• Hubris
• Ekprasis
• Decadence 
• Prologue

The attribution of a personal nature or human characteristics to something nonhuman, or the representation of an abstract quality in human form.

• Personification
• Epic Poem
• Epic Similie
• Essay

A narrative work beginning "into the middle things" opens in the midst of action.

• The middle of nowhere
• Mindcraft
• The Midshipmen
• In Media res

The formation of a word, as cuckoo, meow, honk, or boom, by imitation of a sound made by or associated with its referent.

• Onomatopoeia
• Funky Fresh
• Eulogy
• Genre

A scene in a movie, novel, etc., set in a time earlier than the main story.

• Foreshadow
• Flashback
• Idiom 
• Imagry