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metaphor

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figure of speech makes a comparison between two unlike things. In which one thing becomes another thing without the use of the word like, as, than, or resembles

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simile

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figure of speech that makes a comparison between two unlike things using a word such as like, as, resembles, or than.

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onomatopoeia

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Use of a word whose sound imitates or suggests its meaning.

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pun

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Play on the multiple meanings of a word or on two words that sound alike but have different meanings.

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flashback

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Scene in a movie, play, short story, novel, or narrative poem that interrupts the present action of the plot to flash backward and tell what happened at an earlier time.

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epic

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Long story told in elevated language (usually poetry) which related the great deeds of a larger-than-life hero who embodies the values of a particular society.

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irony

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Contrast or discrepancy between expectation and reality - between what is said and what is really meant, between what is expected to happen and what really does happen, or between what appears to be true and what is really true.

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personification

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Kind of metaphor in which a nonhuman thing or quality is talked about as if it were human.

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foreshadowing

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The use of clues to hint at events that will occur later in a plot.

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allusion

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Reference to a statement, a person, a place, or an event from literature, history, religion, mythology, politics, sports, science, or pop culture.

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imagery

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Language that appeals to the senses.

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alliteration

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Repetition of the same or very similar consonant sounds in words that are close toghether in a poem.

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assonance

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Repetition of similar vowel sounds that are followed by different consonant sounds, especially in words that are close toghether in a poem.

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antonym

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A word having a meaning opposite to that of another word.

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repetition

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The act or process or an instance of repeating or being repeated.

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figurative language

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An expressive use of language, such as a metaphor or pun. Words are not used literally, but are instead used to suggest an image or comparison.

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couplet

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Two consecutive lines of poetry that rhyme

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denotation

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The literal meaning.

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jargon

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Nonsensical incoherent, or meaningless talk.
Vague Meaning.

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connotation

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All the meanings, associations, or emotions that a word suggests.

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Ballad

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Song that tells a story.
Folk Ballads composed by unknow singers.
Literary ballads are composed by known individuals.

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Lyric Poetry

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Poetry that does not tell a story but is aimed only at expressing a speaker's emotions or thoughts.

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Limerick

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A light humorous, nonsensical, or bawdy verse of five anapestic lines usually with thrhyme scheme aabba

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Synonym

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A word having the same or nearly the same meaning as another word or other wods in a language.

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Sonnet

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Fourteen-lin lyric poem that is usually written in iambic pentameter and that has one of several rhyme schemes.

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Speaker

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Voice that is talking to us in a poem.

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Conversational diction

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Formal diction

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Inverted word order

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a verb is placed before the subject.

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narrative poem

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A poem that tells a story. It should balance the story.

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concrete poem

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A poem that forms a picture of the topic or follows the contours of a shape that is suggested by the topic.

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Benvolio

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Nephew of Montague and friend of Romeo

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Romeo

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Son of Montague

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Lord Capulet

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Juliets Father

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Lady Capulet

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Juliets Mother

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Juliet

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Daughter of Capulet

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Rosaline

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Capulets Niece

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Nurse

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Juliets Nurse

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Paris

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A young nobleman, a relative of the prince.

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Tybalt

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Nephew of Lady Capulet

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Prince Escalus

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Ruler of Verona

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Friar Lawrence

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A Franciscan Priest

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Friar John

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A Franciscan Priest

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Lord Montague

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Romeos Father

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Lady Montague

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Romeos Mother

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Peter

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Servant to Juliets Nurse

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Balthasar

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Servant to Romeo

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Gregory

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Servant to Capulet

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Verona

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City in Northern Italy

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Mantua

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City in Northern Italy

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Apothecary

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A Druggist

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Prologue

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Welcomes the audience and gives them a taste of the story. Spoken by one person.

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Soliloquy

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An unusually long speech in which a character who is onstage alone expresses his or her thoughts aloud.

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monologue

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refers to a speech by one person in a drama, a form of entertainment by a single speaker, extended part of the text of a play uttered by an actor.

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aside

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Words that are spoken by a character in a play to the audience or to another character but are not supposed ot be overheard by the others onstage.

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Family Ties

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Family Alliances

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List of Deaths & how each died

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Order of Events and Occurrences

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Plot Development

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Swallowed a stone

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Chronos

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Wore a helmet that made him invisible.

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Hades

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Gave advise to Zeus

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Was the most beautiful goddess.

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Aprodite

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Hid her son in a cave

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Is the goddess of the hearth

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Hestia

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Carries the world on his shoulders

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Atlas

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is the wife of Hades

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Persephone

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is the goddess of wisdom

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Athena

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has the emblem of the pecock and the cow.

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Hera

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has the emblem of the trident and the dolphin.

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Posiedon

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was the blacksmith for the gods.

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Hephaestus

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was the messenger for the gods.

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Hermes

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was the ruler of the gods

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Zeus

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was the god of the sun, healing, music, and poetry.

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Apollo

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Myths have always been passed on orally.

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TRUE

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When cupid shot his arrow, somone died.

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FALSE

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Zeus was a faithful husband to Hera.

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FALSE

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The River Styx leads to Hades and is guarded by a three-headed dog.

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TRUE

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Mt. Olympus was located in Turkey.

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TRUE

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Aphrodite was an ugly, old crone.

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FALSE

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Persephone became the wife of Hades.

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TRUE

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Zeus' brothers and sisters were swallowed by Cronus

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We find constant references to mythology in our world today.

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TRUE

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Myths were used to explain the unexplainable.

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FALSE

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They cyclops were two-eyed monsters.

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FALSE

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The world according to the Greeks was created from chaos.

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TRUE

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Zeus married his sister.

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FALSE

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Athena caused Zeus to have a headache.

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The food of the gods was nectar and ambrosia.

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TRUE

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The Odyssey begins after the Trojan War.

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TRUE

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Odysseus was held captive by Circe, and Calypso

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FALSE

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The Lotus-eaters were cannibals.

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The Cyclops were very sociable and lived in large cities.

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FALSE

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Odysseus told the Cyclops that his name was Nohbdy.

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TRUE

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Odysseus is from

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Ithica

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Odysseus has a strong ______ for his home and wife.

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passion

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The louts-eaters tried to get Odysseus and his men to eat ________

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lotus plants

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Odysseus lied ot the Cyclops because he was afrtaid for his _______ and his crew.

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Life

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Why did Odysseus ive the Cyclops several bowls of wine?

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to get him drunk.

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What was the gift that the Cyclops gave Odysseus?

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Said he would be eaten after all his men.

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Odysseus put the spike into the fire because he wanted to __________.

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harden it.

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Odysseus and his men escape the Cyclops by tying themselves to ______________

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The under side of the sheep.

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What did Polyphemus (The Cyclops) pray would happen to Odysseus?

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Never make it home.

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How did the Sirens tempt sailors?

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Songs of knowledge.

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Odysseus is first told of what is going on in his home by his swineherd ________

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Eumaeus

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Telemachus, Odysseus; son, is doubtful that he and his father can

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over take the suitors.

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After seeing Odysseu, argus, Odyessus; faithful dog, _____

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dies

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Penelope postpones her marriage by doing what?

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Makes a contest.

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When Odysseus reveals himself to Penelope, she ______________.

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is happy.

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In order for Odyssues to reclaim what is rightfully his, Athena disguises him as a

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beggar.

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Telemachus outline to Odysseus of the number of men who inhabit his house is an important plot point because it prepares the reader for the ______ of the hero's task.

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importance

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It is as a result of th conversation between Eurynome and Penelope that Penelope tells _______ to summon the beggar-stranger to her.

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Eurynome

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Pressured by the suitors, Penelope declares that she will marry whoeer can string
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Odyesseus Bow

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Although Eurymachus pleads with Odysseus for mercy, Odysseus is not satisfied until all the ________.

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Suiters have ben avenged.

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The appearances of _____ to Odysseus probably reflect the value the Greeks placed on Divine wisdom and guidance.

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Gods

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In teh final episodes, it is ____________ among the suitors who especially violates the Greek belief in hospitality.

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Cyclopse

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__________________ illustrates the Greek ideals of courage and patience.

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The description of Odysseus being bathed immediately following the end of the battle indicates that value Greeks placed on ________.

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The presence of Actoris indicates Greeks believed in __________.

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