Tiny/shorter Odysseus Study Guide

Question 1

What’s an epic poem?

Answer 1

Long poem that tells the great deeds of a hero

Question 2

What is dramatic irony?

Answer 2

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

Question 3

What’s an epithet?

Answer 3

A quality characteristic of the person/thing mentioned

Question 4

What’s imagery?

Answer 4

Use of descriptive language to create decent experiences for the reader

Question 5

What’s characterization?

Answer 5

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

Question 6

What’s an epic simile?

Answer 6

An extended simile

Question 7

What’s an epic plot?

Answer 7

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

Question 8

What is foreshadowing?

Answer 8

Mentions/hints at something that will happen later in the story

Question 9

What is conflict?

Answer 9

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

Question 10

What POV is this: “I woke up to the sound of my alarm blasting in my ear.”?

Answer 10

First Person (uses “I”)

Question 11

What POV is this: “You walk into a dark, eerie forest.”?

Answer 11

Second Person (uses “you”)

Question 12

What POV is this: “She stared out into the distance, wondering what others were thinking about.”?

Answer 12

Third Person Limited (only talks about one person)

Question 13

What POV is this: “She thought about what was going on in his head, while he contemplated what he’d eat for lunch.”?

Answer 13

Third Person Omniscient (talks about more than one person)

Question 14

TOF: Dying at the end of a book is a trait of an epic hero

Answer 14

False

Question 15

What literary device is used here: “The night sky was as dark as coal, and the stars twinkled like diamonds.”?

Answer 15

Simile (used “as”)

Question 16

What literary device is used here: “Her voice was music to his ears.”?

Answer 16

Metaphor (no “like”, “as”, “than”, etc)

Question 17

TOF: Keeping a theme statement at only one word is not a rule

Answer 17

True

Question 18

Is laziness a theme in the Odyssey?

Answer 18

No

Question 19

What’s the right way to write a proper in-text citation?

Answer 19

(Homer 1221).

Question 20

What is indirect characterization?

Answer 20

When the author implies traits of the character based on their actions

Question 21

TOF: The Odyssey is technically a sequel to Homer’s other epic poem: Aenaid

Answer 21

False

Question 22

TOF: Odysseus was fighting in the Civil War prior to the events in the Odyssey

Answer 22

False

Question 23

TOF: The Odyssey is an oral tradition that was told to people for years before someone wrote it down

Answer 23

True

Question 24

TOF: Penelope and Odysseus were both loyal to each other in the 20 years they were apart

Answer 24

False