The Odyssey Vocabulary

a comparison of unlike terms, not using like or as; He's a beast on the football field.

• simile

• metaphor

• personification

• allusion

Tags

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

giving lifelike qualities to inanimate objects as in That desk tripped me.

• similie

• metaphor

• personification

• allusion

Tags

CCSS.L.6.5A

word or phrases of description that are repeated time and again within a work of literature as in "O great contender."

• simile

• metaphor

• tone

• epithet

Tags

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

a comparison between two things essentially alike using like or as; Nasir is swift like a cheetah.

• simile

• metaphor

• tone

• mood

Tags

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.8.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

the author's attitude towards the audience, the subject, or the characters; "You yellow dogs.."

• allusion

• epithet

• mood

• tone

Tags

CCSS.L.3.3A

CCSS.L.4.3A

CCSS.L.5.3A

CCSS.L.6.3A

CCSS.L.6.3B

a central idea in a piece of writing; life lesson; Temptations are difficult to resist.

• theme

• tone

• mood

• flashback

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

event/scene taking place before the present time; Back to the Future

• foreshadow

• flashback

• tone

• mood

Tags

CCSS.RL.9-10.5

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

a hint or clue to future events; If you don't study your vocabulary words, you may fail the quiz.

• tone

• epithet

• flashback

• foreshadw

Tags

CCSS.RL.9-10.5

"Her legs-and there are 12 of them-are like great tentacles..." (930).

• simile

• metaphor

• allusion

• personification

Tags

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

"...heard the rock bellowing all around. The black sand raging..." (936).

• simile

• personification

• metaphor

• tone

Tags

CCSS.L.6.5A