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62 Cards in this Set
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epic poem
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long narrative poem
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epic hero
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a larger than life figure who undertakes
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epithet
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a brief descriptive phrase used to characterize a particular person/thing
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epic smile
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a simile at great length so it goes on for several lines
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metaphor
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comparison between two things that are basically unlike but have something in common
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assonance
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repetition of vowel sounds within non-rhyming words
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alliteration
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repetition of consonant sounds at the beginning of words
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consonance
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repetition of consonant sounds within and at the end of words
"loNely afterNooN" |
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gods are...
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without a law to bless them
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whose island did the crew sail to for twenty days
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King Alcinous' island
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suitors planned to do what when Telamachus left?
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Kill him
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Tiresisas gives a definite warning to Odysseus of who?
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Poseidon because Odysseus blinded his son and he will now make his journey difficult
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Tiresisas gives an 'ify' warning to Odysseus of who?
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Helios
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three important elements of Homer's epics
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the Trojan War
the heroism of Odysseus the interference of the gods |
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Trojan War details
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occurred a 1200 BC
the trojan prince kidnapped the beautiful Helen from her husband who was the king of Sparta Odysseus thought of the wooden horse idea |
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Story is his journey from
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Troy to Ithaca
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views on gods
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they might exist
behaved in human ways |
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characteristics of an epic hero
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posses superhuman strength, craftiness, and confidence
is helped and harmed by interfering gods embodies ideals and values that a culture considers admirable emerges victorious from perilous situations |
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characteristics of an epic plot
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strange creatures
divine intervention large-scale events treacherous weather |
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characteristics of an epic setting
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includes fantastic or exotic lands
involves more than one nation |
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archetypes
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sea monster
buried treasure epic hero wicked temples suitors' contest loyal servant |
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epic themes
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courage
a homecoming loyalty fate of a nation beauty life and death |
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travail
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painful effort (noun)
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meditation
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the act of being serious or reflective thought
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abnormality
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in allateful way
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ardor
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passion
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foreboding
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a sense of approaching evil
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ponderous
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heavy in a clumsy way
bulky |
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assuage
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to calm or pacify
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adversary
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opponent or enemy
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beguiling
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charming or pleasing
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harried
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harrassed
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profusion
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abundance
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appalled
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horrified
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begrudge
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to envy
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bedazzled
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belaboring
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to attack with blows
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belittle
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to talk down to someone
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bemoaning
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bemused
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to cause to be bewildered
to be absorbed in something (such as the scenery) |
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besmirch
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bewail
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adversities
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turned against or hostle
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desolation
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deserted
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restitution
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restoring something to the rightful owner
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revulsion
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a sudden strong feeling of disgust or loathing
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commandeered
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confiscate
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dithering
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flustered excitement or fear
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revelry
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a boisterous festivity or celebration
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tremulous
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trembling
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contemptible
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despicable
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implacable
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impossible to satisfy
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divert
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versus
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versatile
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having many uses
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version
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form of something
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universal
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whole or applicable everywhere
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subvert
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to overthrow
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extrovert
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inverse
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reversed in position, etc.
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revert
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to return to something or go back
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introvert
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a shy person
to turn inward or direct towards itself |
