Epic Language

A continuous, long comparison of two unlike things.Can be as long as a paragraph, sometimes longer

• Epic Metaphor

• Allusion

• Allegory

• Epic Simile

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

small descriptive phrase used to characterize a person or thing

• Epithet

• Allegory

• Epic Theme

• Allusion

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.9

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

a very typical example of a kind of person or thing

• Archetype

• Epic Plot

• Allegory

• Epithet

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.9

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

A comparison of two unlike things that uses like or as developed over several lines of verse.

• epic plot

• allegory

• epic simile

• allusion

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.9

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

Events that involve a long journey full of complications.

• epic plot

• epic theme

• archetype

• epithet

Tags

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

is a long narrative poem about an epic hero and the hero's journey.

• epic theme

• epic poetry

• archetype

• epic plot

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.9

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

It is a reference to a famous person, place, thing, or event.

• Allegory

• Epic Simile

• Allusion

• Epithet

Tags

CCSS.L.7.5A

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.4