English Unit 2

What is a epic poem?

A long poem that tells the story of a hero. Were usually a oral thing spoken for a audience. Includes elements from a poem like rhythm, rhyme and repetition to help memorize. Sometimes include important events to pass down history.

What are common elements of a epic poem?

Invocation or request to a muse (daughter of Zeus) A hero who embodies cultural values, a long and difficult quest, supernatural settings and elements, poetic and elevated language, and important historical events.

What are characteristics of an epic hero?

Is the main character of a epic poem, Showcases traits admired by a culture like strength, courage, leadership, etc.

What is the Hero’s Journey?

A summarization most Hero stories follow. The journey starts with a call to adventure, road of trials, supreme ordeal (most difficult obstacle), transformation (change in hero by facing a bad thing of themselves), and a return to home after accomplishing their goal.

How is old mythological text understood?

By paraphrasing.

Who was homer?

The man who wrote the Iliad and the Odyssey. Lived around 750 BCE. People think he was a combination of the work of many Poets because homers stories were similar from parts of the world like Europe and India.

What is a Inference?

Conclusion based on prior knowledge from text and background knowledge.

What is character motivation?

The reason a character thinks, and acts like the way they do. Character motivation can give clues to the values of the culture or group the story is in.

How to find a characters motivation?

By combining their thoughts, feelings, and prior knowledge to infer their motivation.

What is a epic simile?

Also known as a Homeric Simile, is a simile extended over several lines of a poem. Explains how two unlike things are alike each other. Uses “Like”, as, and “So”

How Do you make a strong character analysis Paragraph?

By using the P.I.E strategy. (Make a point, provide illustration which is a direct quotation from a text that supports your point, and explain the evidence you used in your illustration.) A good paragraph should have a topic sentence and a conclusion aswell.

How do you cite a poem with the MLA method?

In poems, when one line ends another line starts (Line break), we use a / to signal it in MLA citation. We then add the authors name in () followed by a period after. Example: “I carried wax along the line, and laid it / thick on their ears” (Homer 43-44). It is important to add the period AFTER the authors name and the 43-44 represents the line number in the poem.

What are the 4 types of conflict?

Character vs self, Character vs Character, Character vs Society, Character vs nature.

What are themes in text?

the message text ells about a topic. Themes must be a general statement that can apply to other types of literature and real life. Theme example? “Long adventures make you appreciate what you left behind”

What are Metaphors and similes?

Both are figurative language. Metaphor compares one thing directly with another. Simile compares two things using “Like” and “as”. Homeric Similes (Epic Similes) Extend over several lines of poem and explains how two things are like each other.

What are symbols in literature?

A object, image, person, or word that has figurative meanings beyond literal meaning. Like how the mocking jay is a image of the rebellion. Symbols MUST have a literal meaning and a figurative meaning.

What is a way you can better understand characters?

By comparing them

What is a Dynamic Character?

A character who has important changes over the course of the story. To analyze how the character has changed, compare the changed version at the end with their original version.

What are Thesaurus?

A thesaurus contains definition and parts of speech of a word like a dictionary, but it also contains the synonyms and antonyms of a word.

What are synonyms?

words that have identical meanings to eachother

What are antonyms?

Words that have opposite meanings to each other.

Why are online dictionaries better?

Because they are updated, contain audio pronunciations, and are generally easier to use.

What are Homophones?

Words with the same sound, but different spelling. Like Pear and Pair. Jose and Hose.

How do you write a informative essay about a mythical character?

By analyzing a prompt, researching for a character, using credible sources, choosing facts and details for your essay, organizing details with a idea web, and structuring a effective draft with a Thesis statement, Body paragraphs supporting the thesis statement, and a conclusion.