Name: Jazmyn Hunt
Period: 5
Date: 9/29/17
Book Title: The Epic Of Gilgamesh
Quarter: 1
Literary Devices
Note: You may not use the same literary device more than twice. The analysis must “prove” how the device is being revealed in the quote.
Type of Literary Device
Quote
Page #
How is the quote an example of the literary device you identified?
1
Metaphor
“Enkidu was an axe at my side.”
14
Ekidnu was a companion/wild man, not an actual axe.
2
Metaphor
“You are lost in the dark and cannot hear me.'”
15
Saying that Enkidu is lost in the dark, is Gilgamesh’s way of saying that he’s dead, but nicer, sort of.
3
Simile
“... He had long hair like a woman’s;”
4
The story is comparing Enkidu’s hair to a woman’s because in ancient civilizations,
Period: 5
Date: 9/29/17
Book Title: The Epic Of Gilgamesh
Quarter: 1
Literary Devices
Note: You may not use the same literary device more than twice. The analysis must “prove” how the device is being revealed in the quote.
Type of Literary Device
Quote
Page #
How is the quote an example of the literary device you identified?
1
Metaphor
“Enkidu was an axe at my side.”
14
Ekidnu was a companion/wild man, not an actual axe.
2
Metaphor
“You are lost in the dark and cannot hear me.'”
15
Saying that Enkidu is lost in the dark, is Gilgamesh’s way of saying that he’s dead, but nicer, sort of.
3
Simile
“... He had long hair like a woman’s;”
4
The story is comparing Enkidu’s hair to a woman’s because in ancient civilizations,