Odysseus Test

Question 1

What’s an epithet?

Answer 1

A detailed phrase showing a quality characteristic of the person/thing mentioned

Question 2

What’s an example of an epithet?

Answer 2

The Piano Man, The Prince of Pop, The People’s Princess (all showing the character’s skills)

Question 3

What’s an archetype?

Answer 3

A recurring pattern

Question 4

What’s an example of an archetype?

Answer 4

A person, an event, or a symbol (a hero, a happy ending, or light vs. dark)

Question 5

What’s a theme?

Answer 5

Central idea in a work of literature

Question 6

What’s direct characterization?

Answer 6

An author talking about the character in detail

Question 7

What’s an example of direct characterization?

Answer 7

“Odysseus is a strong, smart man”

Question 8

What’s indirect characterization?

Answer 8

Points out skills of a character without saying it specifically

Question 9

What’s an example of indirect characterization?

Answer 9

“John snapped at the man without a warning”

Question 10

What’s First Person Character?

Answer 10

The narrator is the character

Question 11

What pronouns does First Person Character use?

Answer 11

I, me, my, myself, our, ourselves, we, ours

Question 12

What’s Second Person Character?

Answer 12

The narrator telling a story of another character

Question 13

What pronouns does Second Person Character use?

Answer 13

You, you’re, yourself

Question 14

What’s Third Person Limited?

Answer 14

It’s about only one person

Question 15

What pronouns does Third Person Limited use?

Answer 15

She, her, he, him, they, them, themselves, its, itself

Question 16

What’s Third Person Omniscient?

Answer 16

Focused on more than one person

Question 17

Does Third Person Limited and Third Person Omniscient use the same pronouns?

Answer 17

Yes

Question 18

What’s a simile?

Answer 18

Makes an explained comparison between two unlike things using the words like, as, than, and/or resembles

Question 19

What’s an example of a simile?

Answer 19

I was like a crumpled up piece of paper

Question 20

What’s a metaphor?

Answer 20

Makes a implied comparison between two unlike things without using the words like, as, than, and/or resemble

Question 21

What’s an example of a metaphor?

Answer 21

Love is a rose

Question 22

What’s an epic simile?

Answer 22

An extended, more detailed version of a simile

Question 23

What’s an example of an epic simile?

Answer 23

A man surf casting on a point rock for bass or mackerel, whipping his long rod to drop the sinker and bait far out, will hook a fish and rip it from the surface to dangle wriggling through the air; so these were borne aloft in spasms toward the cliff (Book 12)

Question 24

What can an epic simile also be called?

Answer 24

Homeric simile

Question 25

What’s character vs. character?

Answer 25

Two characters going against each other (mentally, emotionally, physically)

Question 26

What’s an example of character vs. character?

Answer 26

Batman and Joker

Question 27

What’s character vs. self?

Answer 27

Only between a character and the character itself

Question 28

What’s an example of character vs. self?

Answer 28

Odysseus and his thoughts

Question 29

What’s character vs. nature?

Answer 29

Weather, illness, etc.

Question 30

What’s an example of character vs. nature?

Answer 30

Dorothy and the tornado

Question 31

What’s character vs. fate?

Answer 31

An unalterable, predetermined course of events/outcomes

Question 32

What’s an example of character vs. fate?

Answer 32

Penelope and her fate to marry

Question 33

What’s character vs. society?

Answer 33

Laws, communities, and/or pressures

Question 34

What’s an example of character vs. society?

Answer 34

Odysseus and the suitors

Question 35

What’s character vs. supernatural?

Answer 35

Deities/gods, spirits, monsters, etc

Question 36

What’s an example of character vs. supernatural?

Answer 36

Ghost Adventures and the paranormal spirits

Question 37

What’s an epic poem?

Answer 37

Long poem that tells the great deeds of a hero

Question 38

What’s dramatic irony?

Answer 38

A situation where the reader knows something the character doesn’t

Question 39

What’s imagery?

Answer 39

Use of descriptive language to create sensory experiences for the reader

Question 40

What’s characterization?

Answer 40

A literary device used to highlight details of a character in a story

Question 41

What’s an epic plot?

Answer 41

A plot that centers around a grand and heroic journey/adventure

Question 42

What’s foreshadowing?

Answer 42

Mentions or hints of something important that’ll happen later in the story

Question 43

What’s conflict?

Answer 43

The struggle/clash between opposing forces/characters in a story