Unit 2 Vocabulary Quiz

What is a myth?

• a traditional story, especially one concerning the early history of a people or explaining some natural or social phenomenon, and typically involving supernatural beings or events.

•  brief statement or account of the main points of something.

• An epic poem is a lengthy narrative poem, ordinarily involving a time beyond living memory in which occurred the extraordinary doings of the extraordinary people who, in dealings with the gods

• express the meaning of (the writer or speaker or something written or spoken) using different words, especially to achieve greater clarity.

What is an epic hero?

• a brief statement or account of the main points of something.

• a person's principles or standards of behavior; one's judgment of what is important in life.

• the main character of an epic poem that tells the story of a grand quest in which they use their extraordinary or superhuman abilities to achieve great things.

•  is a detailed comparison in the form of a simile that are many lines in length. The word "Homeric", is based on the Greek author, Homer, who composed the two famous Greek epics, the Iliad and the Odyssey.

What is a phenomenon?

• a brief statement or account of the main points of something.

• a person's principles or standards of behavior; one's judgment of what is important in life.

• is a lengthy narrative poem, ordinarily involving a time beyond living memory in which occurred the extraordinary doings of the extraordinary people who, in dealings with the gods

• a remarkable person, thing, or event.

What is an epic poem?

•  hints found within a sentence, paragraph, or passage that a reader can use to understand the meanings of new or unfamiliar words.

•  is a lengthy narrative poem, ordinarily involving a time beyond living memory in which occurred the extraordinary doings of the extraordinary people who, in dealings with the gods

• The problem in the story

• simply a character who undergoes some important change in the course of the story.

What is an example of an epithet?