Odyssey Part I Terminology Review

A comparison of two unlike things using the words "like" or "as"

• Methaphor

• Simile

• Allusion

• Epithet

A short phrase used to describe a character or a place.

• Methaphor

• Simile

• Allusion

• Epithet

WHAT DOES THE FOLLOWING SIMILE MEAN ?

“That was the song the famous harper sang but great Odysseus melted into tears, running down from his eyes to wet his cheeks...as a woman weeps, her arms flung around her darling husband, a man who fell in battle…”                                         

 

The Odyssey, Homer, (8.521)

• This simile shows that Odysseus is sad and heartbroken.

• This simile shows that a woman's husband is dead.

• This simile shows that Odysseus has fallen in battle.

• This simile shows that war is bad.

WHAT TWO THINGS ARE BEING COMPARED IN THE FOLLOWING EPIC SIMILE ?

“That was the song the famous harper sang but great Odysseus melted into tears, running down from his eyes to wet his cheeks...as a woman weeps, her arms flung around her darling husband, a man who fell in battle…”                                         

 

The Odyssey, Homer, (8.521)

• a song and a man killed in battle

• Odysseus and a crying woman

• Odysseus and a famous singer

• a famous harper and a crying woman

The epithet "god of the earthquakes" describes

• Athena

• Helen of Troy

• Poseidon

• Odysseus

What does the Latin phrase "in medias res" mean?

• Causing conflict

• Messing things ups

• In the middle of things

• None of the above

"They came with dawn over that terrain like the leaves and blades of spring."

• alliteration
• metaphor
• simile
• personification

"Or are you wandering rogues, who cast your lives like dice, and favage other folks by sea?"

• personification
• onomatopoeia
• alliteration
• simile

"I saw the fuddle and flush come over him."

• metaphor
• alliteration
• onomatopoeia
• personification

"He clutched at my companions and caught two in his hands like squirming puppies to beat their brains out, spattering the floor."

• simile and alliteration
• personification and metaphor