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THE ODYSSEY- Literary Terms 1.Alliteration • Repetition of beginning consonant sounds •W hen he w ills aw ake the eyes of man 2.Characterization • Direct-telling the reader directly about the character • Indirect-describing character; what other characters think of character; actions; thoughts/feelings and words of character 3.Conflict • Struggle between opposing forces • Odysseus fights the Cyclops 4.Epic Hero • A hero who tries to achieve something of tremendous value • Paris; Odysseus 5.Epic Poem • Long narrative poem that teaches and entertains • Iliad and Odyssey

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THE ODYSSEY- Literary Terms1. Alliteration • Repetition of beginning consonant sounds• When he wills awake the eyes of man

2. Characterization • Direct-telling the reader directly about the character• Indirect-describing character; what other characters think of character;

actions; thoughts/feelings and words of character3. Conflict• Struggle between opposing forces • Odysseus fights the Cyclops

4. Epic Hero• A hero who tries to achieve something of tremendous value• Paris; Odysseus

5. Epic Poem • Long narrative poem that teaches and entertains• Iliad and Odyssey

Page 2: THE ODYSSEY- Literary Terms 1.Alliteration Repetition of beginning consonant sounds When he wills awake the eyes of man 2.Characterization Direct-telling

6. Epithet: • Noun followed by a descriptive phrase• Lord Helios, the sun; Muse, daughter of Zeus

7. Foreshadowing• When the author gives clues about what will happen in the future

8.Homeric simile: • Long simile that is more like a metaphor• A gull patrolling between wave crests of the desolate sea will dip to catch

a fish..(Hermes)9. Hyperbole• An exaggeration not meant to be taken literally• His fame has gone abroad to the sky’s rim (line 129)

10. Imagery• Sensory details that make the reader see/hear/feel/taste• Upon her hearthstone a great fire blazing scented the

farthest shores with cedar smoke..and singing high and low (Lines 49-53)

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11.Irony• To say one thing and mean another• “Nohbody will get out alive, I swear”. (Line 454)

12.Narrative Poetry • Poem that tells a story with plot/characters/setting/theme• Exile 256-257-the story of Juan Alvarez’ family.

13.Onomatopoeia• Words that sound like the sound they make• …the pierced eye ball hissed, broiling and the roots popped

14.Personification• Giving human qualities to something not human• The dawn with fingertips of rose lit up the world…(Line 297)

15.Theme• The message, lesson or universal truth communicated by the author• Odysseus struggled for 10 years to get home-The theme is the value of

home and family

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