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| ancient Greek poet and bard, author of THE ODYSSEY and THE ILIAD |
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| the epic story of the trojan war. written by homer |
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| pattern of rhyme in poetry |
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| Zeus' wife and sister. protector of marriage and married women |
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| tall mountain in Greece where the gods of mythology were believed to reside |
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| stories of anonymous origin beginning among primitive people. attempts of explaining natural phenomena |
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| long narrative poem, its hero embodies the ideals of a particular nation or culture,it is serious and written in an elevated style, its subject is a struggle for something that symbolizes a value of the culture, usually appears in the early stages of nationalistic or cultural consciousness, its heroes are aided by divine or supernatural forces |
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| adjective or phrase that describes a characteristic quality of a person or thing.....ex: magic johnson, athena bright eyes, etc |
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| faithful wife of oddyseus |
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| reference to a famous, or well known thing |
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| person who recited poetry for entertainment |
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| when words have similar sounds -> she sells sea shells by the sea shore |
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| a one part dialogue performed be a single actor on stage alone |
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| exposition, complication, climax/crisis/turning point, falling action, resolution |
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| comparison of unlike things using 'like' or 'as' |
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| comparison of two unlike things. saying it as if something IS something else |
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| giving human qualities or characteristics to something not human |
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| message or meaning in a work |
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| one person talking or giving a speech |
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| the golden or classical age of Greece |
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| hints or fore warnings to later events in a work |
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| the pictures in ones mind when reading something descriptive |
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| man who stands chin deep in a lake in hades but is unable to drink |
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| 3 types of Shakespeare's plays |
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| comedies, tragedies, and histories |
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| Shakespeare's dates of birth and death |
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| seductive temptresses who offer Odysseus ultimate knowledge |
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| Greek god of the underworld (Pluto) |
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| ugly god married to aphrodite |
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| goddess of war and wisdom |
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| dictionary/literal definition of words |
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| the associated or secondary meaning of a word or expression in addition to its explicit or primary meaning: A possible connotation of “home” is “a place of warmth, comfort, and affection.” |
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| theater where Shakespeare's plays were performed |
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| when the audience knows something the character doesn't |
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| earthshaker and god of the sea |
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| short episode snapshots in a montage |
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| a collection vignettes by an author to tell a story |
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| most beautiful woman in the land |
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| contradicting words when combined take on a new meaning.....ex: jumbo shrimp, loving hate, mud baths |
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| man who Juliet's parents want her to marry. |
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| a king of Sparta, the husband of Helen and brother of Agamemnon, to whom he appealed for an army against Troy in order to recover Helen from her abductor, Paris. |
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| play on word. can be taken more than one way |
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| He led the Greeks in the Trojan War and was murdered by Clytemnestra, his wife, upon his return from Troy. |
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the way thing are widely expected to be....white, day, sun= good
black, night, moon= bad |
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| language meant to be interpreted litterally |
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| poor people in Elizabethan times. so poor they had to sit in the way front of the theater on the ground |
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the ancient Greek herald and messenger of the gods and the god of roads, commerce, invention, cunning, and theft.
had famous winged sandals |
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| temptress #3 in the Odyssey who tells odysseus to go to hades and talk to the blind prophet |
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| study of death and burial |
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| able to live in land and water |
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| two organisms live in a mutual friendship |
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| cutting, operation, incision |
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| removal of part of the brain in order to control behavior |
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| over, above, beyond ordinary |
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| getting exceedingly stronger from being frequently used |
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| under, beneath, less than ordinary |
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| theory or supposition supporting an event |
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| marriage within a tribal or social group |
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| skeletal structure outside of the body. like armor. |
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| marriage outside of a tribal or social group |
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