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1. Bellwork A man and his son are in a car accident. The father dies on the scene, but the child is rushed to the hospital. When he arrives the surgeon says, “I can’t operate on this boy, he is my son! ” How can this be?

2. Homeric Simile English I Ms. Logan

3. What It Is Homeric simile, also called an epic simile or extended simile, is a detailed comparison in the form of a simile that is many lines in length. The word "Homeric" is based on the Greek author, Homer, who composed the two famous Greek epics, the Iliad and the Odyssey. Many authors continue to use this type of simile in their writings.

4. Examples Its crackling roots blazed and hissed - as a blacksmith plunges a glowing ax or adze in an ice-cold bath and the metal screeches steam and its temper hardens - that's the iron's strength - so the eye of Cyclops sizzled round that stake."Weak as the doe that beds down her fawns in a mighty lion's den - her newborn sucklings - then trails off to the mountain spurs and grassy bends to graze her fill, but back the lion comes to his own lair and the master deals both fawns a ghastly, bloody death, just what Odysseus will deal that mob - ghastly death."

5. But Why? • Imagery • Visualization • Unfamiliar concepts • Vocabulary

6. TO DO: • Create a Homeric simile about yourself and/or a hero. • Use the simile to jumpstart this step. Create a story about that hero which is similar to The Odyssey, but where you have the power to change whatever you want. • Pick a narrator. Tell your story. • JBHM: Lesson 15 with your group.