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The Odyssey

Dive into the world of Homer's epic poem with a focus on literary terms like alliteration, assonance, and personification. Discover how these techniques enhance the storytelling in The Odyssey.

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The Odyssey

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  1. Literary Terms The Odyssey

  2. Alliteration • Repetition of initial consonant sounds • Ex: “Where shall a man find sweetness to surpass”

  3. Assonance • Repetition of vowel sounds • Ex: “befORe / Odysseus' dOOR, the threshold to his cOURt”

  4. Caesura • A pause or sudden break in a line of poetry • “Sing, o goddess, the rage || of Achilles, the son of Peleus.”

  5. Catalogs/Genealogies • Narrative often includes inventories of characters or important histories or important people or artifacts to provide relevance and authority • Ex: Character list at beginning of epic poem

  6. Consonance • Repetition of consonant sounds NOT limited to the beginning of words • Ex: “The sacred flag of truth unfurled”

  7. Elegy/Elegiac Mood • Writing that mourns the loss of something • Ex: “No more seafaring homeward for these, no sweet day of return”

  8. End Rhyme • Rhyming words that appear at the ends of two or more lines of poetry • Ex: “Nor till the ground, though grain… Ripen in heaven’s rain…”

  9. Enjambment • Running over of a sentence or thought from one line to another • Ex: “ The crew were on their feet briskly, to furl the sail…”

  10. Epic Hero • A person of high social status who embodies the ideals of his/her people • Ex: Odysseus’ goal is to save his nation/people during time of crisis

  11. Epic Simile • Long, elaborate comparison that continues for several lines • Ex: The Cyclops caught two men “like squirming puppies to beat their brains out, spattering the floor. Then he made his meal…crunching like a mountain lion…”

  12. Imagery • The use of vivid language that appeals to the senses • Ex: "The Cyclops' rams were handsome, fat, with heavy fleeces, a dark violet”

  13. Internal Rhyme • Rhyme within a line of poetry • Ex: “Until we drew away…now when I cupped my hands I heard the crew in low voices protesting.”

  14. Invocation • A request by the poet to a higher power for guidance; an introduction to the upcoming action • Ex: Odyssey begins with an invocation

  15. Onomatopoeia • The use of a word whose sound suggests its meaning • Ex: “Bashed by this hand and bashed on this rock wall…” • Other Ex: Clang, buzz, pop

  16. Personification • Figure of speech in which an animal, object, force of nature, or idea is given human characteristics • Ex: ”Death sat there huge; how could we slip away?”

  17. Point of View • Vantage point from which the story is told • Ex: Third person omniscient (mostly) with some first person (Odysseus)

  18. Rhyme • Repetition of identical sounds • Ex: “Nor till the ground, though grain…Ripen in heaven’s rain…”

  19. Rhyming Couplet • 2 consecutive lines that rhyme • Ex: (None in Odyssey…Here’s one from R&J!) • “For never was a story of more woe Than this of Juliet and her Romeo.”

  20. Slant Rhyme • Sounds that are similar but not identical • Ex: “Lift the great song again…Begin when all the rest who left behind them”

  21. Syllable • One of the parts into which a word is divided when pronounced • Ex: O-dys-se-us

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