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145 Cards in this Set
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Noun |
Names a person place thing or idea |
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Examples of Nouns |
Person: Boy, Jose Place: park, Disneyland Thing: desk, animal Idea: Democracy, thanksgiving |
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-ing |
An act of process a product or result -noun |
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-ance |
An action or process; amount or degree -noun |
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-ence |
An action or process amount or degree -noun |
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-or (-er) |
One who does or who produces -noun |
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-olgy |
The study of -noun |
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-ment |
Results action state or condition -noun |
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-tion (-sion) |
No def -noun |
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-ist |
One who performs plays or operate -noun |
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-ity |
Quality condition degree -noun |
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-hood |
A state or condition instance or state of character -noun |
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-tude |
No Def -noun |
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-cide |
Killer or killing example suicide -noun |
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-ism |
An act, theory, or doctrine -noun |
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-ness |
The state quality or condition -noun |
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Determiners |
They signal that a noun is coming also that indicate whether the noun singular or plural so |
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Examples of determiners |
An, the, some, a, those |
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Gerund |
a word ending in ing but used as a noun example dancing thinking |
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Proper versus common nouns differences |
Common nouns are general proper nouns are specific and capitalized |
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Proper versus common nouns similarities |
They're both naming something |
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Action verbs |
Express action and they add pop to your writing ex. Jump, run, eat, think |
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Linking verbs |
Link the subject to some other word in the sentence ex. Is, are, were, am, was, seems, appears, etc. |
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Helping (auxiliary) |
Part of a verb phase and they usally carry verb types |
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Trick for identifying verbs |
Insert the words today tomorrow and yesterday and the word that changes tense is your verb |
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-ed |
Past tense -verb |
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-s |
Present singular verb -verb |
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-ing (verb) |
Present participal form -verb |
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Adjective |
Describes a noun, pronoun, or gerund |
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-ous |
Full of -adj |
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-able |
Capable of, fit for -adj |
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-ible |
Capable of fit for -adj |
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-uous |
Full of characterized by -adj |
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-ful |
Full of, having quality of -adj |
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-ly |
How or in what manner, like in appearance -adj or adverb |
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-ic |
Like or pertaining to -adj |
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Proper adjectives |
They are proper nouns used as adjectives |
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Trick for punctuating adjectives |
Cannot use "and" no comma Can use "and" comma |
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Adverb |
Describes verbs, adj, and other adverbs |
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What questions do adverbs answer? |
How, to what extent, where, and when |
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Most common adverb suffix |
-ly |
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Adj vs. Adverbs (similarities) |
-Both describe -most end in -ly |
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Adj. vs. Adverbs (differences) |
Adjectives -describes a noun pronoun, and geruds - answer the questions how many? and what kind? Adverbs -described a verb adjectives and other adverbs -answer the questions how? to what extent? where? and when? |
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Adverbs vs. prepositions (similarities) |
Both deal with time and direction |
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Adverbs vs. Prepositions (differences) |
Prepositions introduce phrases where as adverbs don't |
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Pronoun |
A word that takes the place of a noun another pronoun or a group of words functioning as a noun |
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Subjective pronouns examples |
I, you, she/he/it, we, you, they |
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Objective pronouns examples |
Me, you, him/her/it, us, you, them |
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Possessive pronouns examples |
My, mine, you, yours, it, his, her, ours, our, their, there |
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Subjective pronouns |
Can never be found in prepositional phrases, also they cause action in a sentence |
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Objective pronouns |
Can never be the subject of a sentence also they receive action in a sentence |
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Antecedents |
A word phrase or clause which the following pronoun refers to |
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Squall |
Brief violent storm |
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Muster |
An assembly of troops or men for inspection or other purposes |
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Vitals |
Food or other provisions |
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Appalled |
Filled with horror or dismay |
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Din |
A loud confused noise, clamer |
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Tactics |
Any manevers, for gaining advantage of success |
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Linger |
To remain or stay in one place |
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Fathomless |
Impossible to measure the depth of bottomless |
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Implacunle |
Not to be appeased or pacified inexorable |
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Bereft |
Deprived especially by death |
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Insolent |
Rude, lack of respect, insulting |
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Plumb |
Exactly, precisely, or directly |
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Insidious |
Characterized by craftyness and bettayal |
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Prominent |
Standing out so as to be seen easily |
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Efflorescence |
The state or period of flowering |
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Enmity |
Feeling or condition of hostility hatered |
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Mortification |
Feeling of humiliation or shame as through some injury to one's pride or self respect |
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Bastion |
A fortified place especially on a rock face |
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Ebullience |
Over flowing with enthusiasm excitement high spirited |
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Tumult |
Violent disturbance up roar with high excitement |
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Myriad |
An indefinite great number of persons or things |
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Malevolently |
Wishing harm of evil to happen to others |
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Discursive |
Passing aimlessly from one subject to another rambling |
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Diffidently |
Lacking confidence in one's own ability, timid shy |
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Murinously |
Disposed to or engaged in revolt a against authority |
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Prim |
To formally make precise proper in appearance |
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Invalid |
A sickly person especially one who is to sick, weak, or old to take care of himself |
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Billowed |
To rise, to swell out or puff up |
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Careen |
To lean, sway, or tip to one side while in motion |
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Sullenly |
Showing irritation or I'll humor by gloomy silence or gloomy manner |
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Imminent |
Likely to happen, soon |
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Iridescent |
Having shifting rainbow like colors |
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Infallibility |
Condition of being unable to fail exempt from error |
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Reiterate |
To say or do again repeatedly |
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Precariously |
Unstable, uncertain |
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Evanesced |
Faded away |
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Heresy |
Idea opposed to the beliefs of a religion of philosophy |
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Indefinite pronouns |
Not referring to a definite person, place, or thing |
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Singular in definite pronouns |
Another, each, everybody, someone, one, everyone, etc |
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Plural indefinite pronouns |
All, any, most, etc |
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Reflexive pronouns |
In a self or selves acts for or on its self Ex. Yourself, himself, themselves, etc. |
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Alcinous |
King of the Phaecians, to whom Odysseus tells his story |
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Odysseus |
King of Ithaca |
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Calypso |
Sea goddess who loved Odysseus |
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Circe |
Enchantress who helped Odysseus |
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Zeus |
King of the gods |
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Apollo |
God of music, poetry, prophecy, and medicine |
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Agamemnon |
King and leader of Greek forces |
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Poseidon |
God of sea, earthquakes, horses, and storms at sea |
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Athena |
Goddess of wisdom, skills, and warfare |
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Polyphemus |
The cyclops who imprisoned Odysseus |
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Laertes |
Odysseus' father |
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Cronus |
Titan ruler of the universe: father of Zeus |
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Perimedes |
Member of Odysseus' crew |
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Eurylochus |
Another member of the crew |
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Tiresias |
Blind prophet who advised Odysseus |
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Persephone |
Wife of Hades |
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Persephone |
Wife of Hades |
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Telemachus |
Odysseus and Penelope's son |
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Sirens |
Creatures who's song lure sailors to their deaths |
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Scylla |
Sea monster of grey rock |
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Charybdis |
Enormous and dangerous whirlpool |
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Lampetia |
Nymph |
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Hermes |
Herald and messenger of the gods |
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Eumaeus |
Old swine hers and friend of Odysseus |
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Antinous |
Leader among the suitors |
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Eurynome |
Housekeeper for Penelope |
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Sailing from troy |
Odysseus introduces himself and describes how he will never find a place better than his home in Ithaca not even with Calypso or so see it also states what he did after he sailed from his battle in Troy he described the rebellious men and how the remainder of his men have lived with their own lives but not those of |
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The lotus-eaters |
This wasn't on Odysseus's side and made it harder for Odysseus to sell home on their way that came to the home of the Lotus Eaters who seem to mean no harm but once a man had a taste of the lotus flower he wanted to stay forever and Odysseus ended up dragging his men screaming from the home of the Lotus Eaters |
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The cyclops |
Odysseus and his men found the land of the Cyclops but instead of running with the goods they could still dizzy is refused to leave and wanted to see what challenge the Cyclops could offer the Cyclops didn't notice demand until after milking his ewes after Jesus tells the Cyclops that he and his men we're survivors of a crashed ship he seem to not care of water disease had to stay and wasn't scared of the wrath of the gods for not treating their guests well and the Cyclops ate two of Odysseus men the Cyclops fell asleep and Odysseus wanted to kill him then but doing so would leave him and his men stuck in the cave once the Cyclops had left the next morning they may disappear out of part of the cloud the Cyclops had left and headed for later than Odysseus and his four strongest man got ready two dresses bike in the Cyclops I once had come back Odysseus gave the Cyclops with three bowls of strong line Odysseus said his name was nobody to trick the Cyclops the Cyclops fell asleep drunk they burn the spike and stab the Cyclops is I when he yelled for help he said nobody has tricked me Odysseus escaped underneath the RAM so that once they had passed a cyclops he didn't know person was passing but thought it was just one of his sheep or RAM they took all the Cyclops sheep and then they left then Odysseus boasted giving a cyclops a place to aim the boulders he was throwing and the cyclops prayed to Poseidon to never let Odysseus or his men see their home ever again |
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The land of the dead |
Odysseus goes to aeolia where he meets aeolus king of winds he presented issues with a gift and his men later open the gift of air granted by aeolus taking them back to aeolia where aeolus its decides the gods hate Odysseus then they meet laestrygonians , to destroy all but one of his ships then they meet Circe who turns half his men into pigs so she tells him to return home he must go through the Land of the Dead after the meeting with Circe Odysseus sets up an offering to speak with the dead the first so he recognizes is elpenor one of his crew members who had died on Sophie island he begs to Odysseus not to forget him and to burn everything he owned and build him a carin aka a heap of stones built as a monument when he sees his mother had been alive when he left for Troy then he sees Tiresias price of thebes tiresias tells Odysseus he will have a hard time getting home because of Poseidon and we'll find the herds of Helios but he must avoid them when you get home all of your man will have died and there will be many eating or less. And trying to marry your queen you will kill the suitors and make an offering to Poseidon |
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The sirens |
Odysseus goes back to Susies island and she tells him how to avoid dangerous he will face Odysseus will be tied to the mass only he can listen to the song of the sirens the men put wax in their ear so they could not hear the song of the sirens are Odysseus want to be set free but his men died in title to the mass of he doesn't get killed by the sirens |
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Scylla and charybdis |
Soon after the island of the sirens has been passed the ocean frightens the men and 6 men are eaten by the sea monster Scylla and charybdis is a black hole in the ocean |
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Cattle of the sun god |
No one can eat the cattle of heroes are there will be severe punishment but as time goes on Odysseus's men get hungry they are driven T one of the cattle thinking it will be OK because they will build a temple and sacrifice the meal to the gods unknown by Odysseus wild Odysseus pray for forgiveness Helios threaten Zeus to kill Odysseus or he will not have the Sun come up in the mornings every day for killing his kine the men only realized the mistake after when the skins of the cattle start to move in the flames Zeus then hit the ship with a thunder bolt throwing Odysseus's men off the ship into the ocean Odysseus held onto the rebel trying to survive the wind pushed Odysseus towards Charybdis and he hung onto a tree trying not to fall into the black hole that is Charybdis and once she spit up the ruins he used for salvation he felt towards the sea again he was on the ocean for 9 days till we found the shores Ogygia where Calypso lives |
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Odysseus and telemachus |
Odysseus get back to Ithaca after 20 years when he gets home Athena tells him what is going on suitors are in his house seeking Penelope's hand in marriage and plan to kill his son before he can become king of Ithaca Athena disguises Odysseus as a beggar and send him to see eumaeus a faithful swineherd and then telemachus arrives and Athena appears to Odysseus only Odysseus and the dogs recognize Athena the dogs whimper and cower away from her she tells him not to disguise himself from his son and they will figure out how to deal with the suitors Athena then turns Odysseus back to himself then Telemachus then thought Odysseus was a god little Dizzy's set him straight they cried and hugged he told his son the story of his trip telemachus tells Odysseus of the over 100 suitors and doubt that even if they tried they could not take on 100 men on their own and the men come up with a plan to kill the suitors |
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Argus |
Odysseus is dog artist here's his master's voice and tries to go 10 but is too old and weak and after hearing the voice of his master he slips into death |
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The suitors |
When Odysseus walks into the room of suitors antinous is the first one to call him out and then through a stool at Odysseus one of the suitors morning Tim what if he is a God disguise penelope is disgusted by her sooner and causes a bigger to a room in hopes that he has heard news about |
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Penelope |
Penelope integrates the old beggar Penelope tells the beggar of the weaving she wants to finish before she married but every night unweaves it but she can no longer avoid marriage the beggar tells her that Odysseus will come home very soon |
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The challenge |
Penelope says she will marry the man who can string Odysseus's bow and shoot an arrow through 12 axe handle sockets no one is able to get it then the beggar tries and makes it then Telemachus and Odysseus get ready to fight |
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Odysseus revenge |
Odysseus killed antinous first and then he reveals his identity inserts killing other suitors some of his faithful servants take Alyssa his side and all the suitors were killed |
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Penelope's test |
Penelope as a servant to make a bed up for Odysseus using the bedpost he made with his own bare hands and he describes the bed to her and that was her sign that he is who he says he is |
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Themes from the Odyssey |
Bravery, loyalty, perseverance, pride |
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Simile |
A comparison between two unlike subjects using the words like, as, than, or resembles |
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Metaphor |
Draws a comparison between two unlike subjects without using the words like, as, than, or as |
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Personification |
Human qualities are given to animals, objects, or ideas |
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Irony |
The general term for literary techniques that portray differences between appearance and reality or expectation and result |
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Dramatic irony |
In dramatic irony there is a contradiction between what a character things and what the reader or audience knows to be true |
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Situational irony |
In situational irony and event occurs that directly contradicts the expectations of the characters the reader or the audience |
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Verbal irony |
In verbal irony words are used to suggest the opposite of what is meant |
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Rising action |
Where the setting is established characters are introduced and conflicts are introduced and developed |
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Climax |
When the when the conflicts are at their greatest the turning point |
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Resolution |
Where the reader finds out if the conflicts are solved or unsolved |
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Symbolism |
Anything that stands for or represents something beyond itself |
