Unit 3 Test Study Guide/Review

1. Unit 3 Test Study Guide/Review

2. Odysseus is the epic hero in the Greek epic called The Odyssey. Achilles is the epic hero in the Greek epic called The Illiad. Andre the Giant Zeus, son of Cronos The bewitching nymph, Calypso Odysseus, the man of twists and turns Cool-headed Telemachus

3. The doe putting her fawn in danger is like Odysseus putting his men in danger.

5. human exaggerated language that distortsfacts by making them much bigger than they are. Think of “Your Mama” jokes Odysseus states: “My son, my son, the unluckiest man alive!'"

6. clues “Of this wine I filled a great wineskin full . . . for my proud heart had an idea that presently I would encounter a man who was endowed with great strength, and wild . . .

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8. There are Four Modes of Writing • Narrative • Descriptive • Expository • Persuasive

9. Narrative Writing • Tells a story • Uses characters, dialogue • Has a plot with a climax and resolution • Beginning • Middle • End

10. Descriptive Writing • Describes in great detail • Uses the five senses • Taste • Smell • Touch • Sight • Hearing

11. Expository Writing • Explains something to the reader • May include directions or “how to” information • May explain why or how something was done • History books and science books and math books contain expository writing

12. Persuasive Writing • Convinces the reader to do something or believe a certain way • Commercials are persuasive writing • Politicians’ speeches are persuasive writing • Letters to government officials or businesses may be persuasive writing

13. narrative • descriptive • expository • d. persuasive What kinds of things do you do to relax? Identify your favorite way to relax, and explain why its your favorite.

14. narrative • descriptive • expository • d. persuasive Bees make honey in their hive. Many bees spend their entire lifetime doing nothing but helping to make honey. Write a story about meeting a bee that hates honey.

15. narrative • descriptive • expository • d. persuasive You love the way your neighborhood looks when it’s decorated with Christmas lights. Compose a letter to your neighbors to convince them to keep their lights up all year.

16. narrative • descriptive • expository • d. persuasive Describe a home that would be an appropriate place for a clown to live.

17. Telemachus • Loyal son of Odysseus • Was a baby when Odysseus left for Troy • Helps his father fight against the suitors

18. Antinous • One of Penelope’s suitors • Very arrogant • First to be killed

19. Odysseus • King of Ithaca and hero of the Trojan War • Is away from home for 20 years • In order to enter his home undetected, Athena turns him into a begger

20. Hermes • Messenger of the gods • Protects Odysseus from Circe’s honey wine

21. Penelope • Faithful wife of Odysseua • Holds off the suitors by weaving a shroud

22. Tiresias • Odysseus sought him out in Hades for a prophecy • Blind prophet

23. Polyphemus • Cyclopes that Odysseus and his men blind

24. Circe • Goddess who turns crewmen of Odysseus into animals • Tells Odysseus where to find the blind prophet Tiresias.