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Epithet & Epic Similies

Epithet & Epic Similies. Epic Simile. Simile Comparison using like or as Ex: “You’re as cute as a button.” “Jim grew like a weed.” Epic simile Elaborate, more involved version of a regular simile Often goes on for several lines Homer uses for emphasis Character’s thoughts & feelings

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Epithet & Epic Similies

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  1. Epithet & Epic Similies

  2. Epic Simile • Simile • Comparison using like or as • Ex: “You’re as cute as a button.” “Jim grew like a weed.” • Epic simile • Elaborate, more involved version of a regular simile • Often goes on for several lines • Homer uses for emphasis • Character’s thoughts & feelings • Magnitude of a battle between two armies

  3. Epic Similes • “And Odysseus/ let the bright molten tears run down his cheeks,/ weeping [like] the way a wife mourns for her lord/ on the lost field where he has gone down fighting/ the day of wrath that came upon his children. • In this excerpt, Odysseus is listening to the fall of Troy and his role in it. • What is his reaction? • What is being compared? • What does this comparison help to emphasize?

  4. Epithets • Brief, descriptive phrases that help to characterize a particular person or thing • Has the right meter or number of syllables to fill out a line • Ex: • Odysseus referred to as “master mariner” or “old contender” • Achilles referred to as “swift footed” • Dawn is referred to as “with fingertips of rose” • Ocean is referred to as “winedark sea”

  5. Group Work • In your group, you must come up with 2 epithets to describe each person below: • Justin BieberSnooki • Lady Gaga Will Ferrell • NickiMinaj Channing Tatum • In addition, you must create an epic simile describing one of these people’s talent (or lack there of).

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