a long comparison of two unlike things

• myth
• rhapsode
• epic simile
• metaphor

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CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

a long poem that tells about the adventures of a hero

• homeric simile
• epic
• invocation
• muse

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CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

in the first part of a story when the speaker asks for help from the gods

• muse
• homeric simile
• liturgy
• invocation

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CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.8.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

He was the blind teller of tales who first recorded The Iliad and The Odyssey

• Circe
• Homer
• Telemachus
• the Muse

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CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

She had twelve tentacles and six heads that stole men from their ships as they sailed by.

• Cyclops
• Calypso
• Scylla
• Penelope

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CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

He received no help from his relatives because he was awkward with words after Odysseus gave a fake name.

• Circe
• Charybdis
• Teiresias
• Polyphemus

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CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

She devised a difficult task for some troublesome men to do.

• Calypso
• Penelope
• Circe
• Muse

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CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

character who fought in the Trojan War and wandered around the Mediterranean

• Polyphemus
• Telemachus
• Odysseus
• Achilles

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CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

Who is Polyphemus?

• The Cyclops
• One of Odysseus's crew
• An arrogant suitor
• A lotus eater

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CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

Argos is

• the faithful dog of Odysseus.
• the faithful goatherd.
• the name of Odysseus ship.
• the name of Odysseus' palace.

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CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.9