Medias res Study guides, Revision notes & Summaries

THE ODYSSEY PART 1 EXAM REVIEW QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS, GRADED A+/ What does medias res mean? Why does The Odyssey fit its description? - -starts in the middle & because the story starts in the middle of the story line Who does Homer ask for help to tell his story of Odysseus? - -daughter of Zues- Athena What is a muse? - -one of the 9 goddesses of the arts,literature and sciences,the spint that is though to inspire a poet What is the purpose of this opening? - -is to inform the reader o...

CSET English Subtest 1 Latest Update Graded A Villanelle An intricate French poetic form with 19 lines divided into 5 3-lined stanzas (called tercets), and one final quatrain. It has only 2 rhyming sounds, so it is difficult to write one in English. Petrarchan sonnet Italian sonnet with the rhyme scheme of abba abba. It divides into 2 parts, the first part being an octet and the second being a sestet. Elizabethan or Shakespearean Sonnet Written in iambic pentameter and consisting of three quat...

ODYSSEY PART 1 REVIEW QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS, GRADED A+/ VERIFIED. oral tradition - -stories told orally, not written, and past down epic - -long narrative poem, usually about a hero myth - -mans attempt to understand the world and answer questions protagonist - -good (hero) main character antagonist - -villian of story - against protagonist theme - -insight or message in a work of literature Hesiod - -wrote the origin of all the gods Calliope - -goddess of epic poetry - one of Zeus' ni...

Odyssey Part 1 Questions and Answers 100% Pass oral tradition - Correct Answer ️️ -stories told orally, not written, and past down epic - Correct Answer ️️ -long narrative poem, usually about a hero myth - Correct Answer ️️ -mans attempt to understand the world and answer questions protagonist - Correct Answer ️️ -good (hero) main character antagonist - Correct Answer ️️ -villian of story - against protagonist theme - Correct Answer ️️ -insight or message in a work ...

The Odyssey Part 1 Questions and Answers What does medias res mean? Why does The Odyssey fit its description? - Correct Answer ️️ -starts in the middle & because the story starts in the middle of the story line Who does Homer ask for help to tell his story of Odysseus? - Correct Answer ️️ - daughter of Zues- Athena What is a muse? - Correct Answer ️️ -one of the 9 goddesses of the arts,literature and sciences,the spint that is though to inspire a poet What is the purpose of th...

Odyssey Part 1 Questions and Answers 100% Pass oral tradition - Correct Answer ️️ -stories told orally, not written, and past down epic - Correct Answer ️️ -long narrative poem, usually about a hero myth - Correct Answer ️️ -mans attempt to understand the world and answer questions protagonist - Correct Answer ️️ -good (hero) main character antagonist - Correct Answer ️️ -villian of story - against protagonist theme - Correct Answer ️️ -insight or message in a work ...

The Odyssey Part 1 Questions and Answers What does medias res mean? Why does The Odyssey fit its description? - Correct Answer ️️ -starts in the middle & because the story starts in the middle of the story line Who does Homer ask for help to tell his story of Odysseus? - Correct Answer ️️ - daughter of Zues- Athena What is a muse? - Correct Answer ️️ -one of the 9 goddesses of the arts,literature and sciences,the spint that is though to inspire a poet What is the purpose of th...

Dramatic Literary Terms Act, Antagonist, Protagonist, Aside, Catharsis, Static Character, Dynamic Character, Stock Character, Flat Character, Round Character, Climax, Exposition, Rising Action, Falling Action, Comic Relief, Denouement, Deus ex machina, Farces, Foil, Hamartia, Hubris, Monologue, Soliloquy, Comedy, Tragedy Act a series of scenes in a play Antagonist "Villan", person opposing the protagonist Protagonist "Good Guy", opposite of the antagonist Asid...

The Odyssey Test Review Questions and Answers 100% Verified Poseidon - answergod of the sea Circe - answerThe beautiful witch-goddess who transforms Odysseus's crew into swine when he lands on her island. Athena - answerGreek goddess of wisdom, war and peace; friend of Odysseus Scylla - answer6 headed sea monster Lives near Charybdis. Part of sea perils Charybdis - answermonster who sucks water and vomits it up to form a deadly whirlpool Helios - answerSun god, Odysseus' crew ate his c...

epic definition - correct answera long narrative poem that relates the great deeds of a larger-than-life hero who embodies the values of a particular society. Epics consist of - correct answerConcern eternal human problems such as the conflict between GOOD and EVIL Written or told on a grand scale and often in ceremonial style Two Types of Epics - correct answerFolk Epic- oral compositions passed on from storyteller to storyteller and has changed over time. Ex. - Gilgamesh, Beowulf, the I...