The Odyssey Part 1 Review

took goods by force; looted

• deprived

• dispatched

• mammoth

• plundered

finished quickly

• bereft

• dispatched

• ardor

a long narrative poem that relates the important events in the history or folklore of a culture that produced it

• epic

• story

• novel

• Odyssey

the speaker of an epic poem calls on the ______ for inspiration to tell their story

• Muse

• gods

• people

• city

"in the middle of things"; beginning with action instead of background information to capture the audience's attention

• in medias res

• climax

• unordered story

• chronological order

elegant language that stresses the nobility of the subject of the poem or text

• lofty style

• figurative language

• epic

• epic simile

The author uses an __________________ to keep an emotional distance from the subject and focuses the attention on the story.

• objective tone

• lofty style

• first person point of view

• epic simile

a characterizing phrase for a person, place, or thing; ex. "Odysseus, son of Laertes"

• epithet

• epic simile

• phrase

• figurative language

a long comparison of two things over many lines

• epic simile

• lofty style

• in medias res

• objective tone

group of persons who have run away from danger

• fugitives

• plundered

• avenge

• ventured