An original model on which something is patterned . . . examples: epic hero, star-crossed lovers, mentor.

a long narrative poem about the deeds of gods or heroes

struggle between opposing forces

a descriptive word or phrase that comes before or after a character's name and describes a trait of the character

the deeper message or central idea in a text; the universal idea that applies to all human beings

Character vs. character is a type of ___________ conflict.

Character vs. nature is a type of ____________ conflict.

Character vs. self is a type of __________ conflict.

The mother tried to assuage the upset baby. What is the meaning of assuage?

The gymnast was lithe on the balance beam and able to complete many different movements.

Which one is NOT one of the 8 traits of an epic hero?

Which one is NOT one of the 8 traits of the epic hero?

Use the context clues to determine the meaning of irrevocable?

Sam's irrevocable decision to leave his wife and children 30 years ago was his biggest regret on his deathbed.

Use the context clues to determine the meaning of resolute?

Molly resolutely decided to change the course of her life and succeeded in achieving the goals she desired.

Use the context clues to determine the meaning of precedence?

And the debate over which Jewish values should take precedence is dividing religious families and congregations alike.

Use the context clues to determine the meaning of riveted.

Everyone riveted their eyes on the trick that the magician was performing on stage

Use the context clues to determine the meaning of pernicious.

Cooper’s seminal text, A Voice From the South: By a Black Woman of the South, addressed issues including educational disparities, women’s suffrage, representations of black women in literature, and the pernicious effects of segregation.

Use the context clues to determine the meaning of xenophile.

Fran's xenophobia kept her from experiencing foreign cultures and people. Her brother Tom, a xenophile, did not understand his sister's phobia.

Use the context clue to determine the meaning of resonate.

Observe what’s working (and what’s not) around you, and pick the best of those tactics in a way that resonates with you.

Use the context clues to determine the meaning of tedious.

Migration lawyers also say paperwork for applicants coming to America—already long and tedious—is getting too unwieldy.

Use the context clues to determine the meaning of affront.

Her mother-in-law took it as an affront that she wasn't asked to help cook Thanksgiving dinner

Use the context clues to determine the meaning of noxious.

Exposure to the harmful algae-producing, noxious bacteria can be debilitating, according to the MDEQ website.

trying to sound like you know what you are loudly talking about but you don't

deeply moving; strongly affecting the emotions; touching

annoyingly eager to help or advise

wise and sensible

unwilling to believe something

What is the tone of the quote?

(adj) thinking the worst of others' motivations; bitterly pessimistic

Intended to hurt or harm

(adj.) having a gloomy or sullen manner; not friendly or sociable

showing lack of emotional involvement

stubbornly refusing to change one's opinion or course of action

sarcastic in a scathing and bitter way

Lacking respect; showing that something is worthless

tending to remind one of something

anxious or fearful that something bad or unpleasant will happen

grimly or scornfully mocking, bitterly sarcastic; intention is to hurt

characterized by whim; fanciful, unpredictable

expressing great praise

Identify the character speaking these words:

". . . Sweet cousin ram, why lag behind the rest

in the night cave? You never linger so, . . .

Why, now, so far behind? Can you be grieving

over your Master's eye? That carrion rogue

and his accurst companions burnt it out

when he had conquered all my wits with wine. . . ."

Identify the character speaking these words:

"Sing in me, Muse, and through me tell the story

of that man skilled in all ways contending,

the wanderer, harried for years on end,

after he plundered the stronghold

on the proud height of Troy. . . ."

Identify the character being described:

But the man skilled in all ways of contending,

satisfied by the great bow's look and heft,

like a muscian, like a harper, when

with quiet hand upon his instrument

he draws between this thumb and forefinger

a sweet new string upong a peg; so effortlessly

_______in one motion strung the bow. . . .

He nocked it, let it rest across the handgrip,

and drew the strong and gooved butt of the arrow,

aiming from where he sat upon the stool.

Now flased arrow from twanging bow clean as a whistle

through every socket ring, and grazed not one,

to thud with heavy brazen head beyond. . . ."

Read the following excerpt from the Odyssey . . .

From The Cyclops

135 . . . I had a goatskin full

of that sweet liquor that Euanthes’ son,

Maron, had given me. He kept Apollo’s

holy grove at Ismarus; for kindness

we showed him there, and showed his wife and child,

140 he gave me seven shining golden talents

perfectly formed, a solid silver winebowl,

and then this liquor--twelve two-handled jars

of brandy, pure and fiery. Not a slave

in Maron’s household knew this drink; only

145 he, his wife and the storeroom mistress knew . . .

153 . . .A wineskin full I brought along, and victuals in a bag,

for in my bones I knew some towering brute

would be upon us soon--all outward power,

a wild man, ignorant of civility.

Question: In these lines, which of the eight epic hero traits is most evident?

Which literary device is Homer using in this passage?

Then, throwing his arms around this marvel of a father

Telemachus began to weep. Salt tears

rose from the wells of longing in both men,

and cries burst from both as keen and fluttering

as those of the great taloned hawk,

whose nestlings farmers take before they fly.

So helplessly thye cried, pouring out teachers,

and might have gone on weeping so till sundown