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‘The Odyssey’ Cornell Notes

‘The Odyssey’ Cornell Notes. Brady/Lee/Wilder. What is an Epic Poem?. is a lengthy narrative poem , ordinarily concerning a serious subject containing details of heroic deeds and events significant to a culture or nation. Conflict. Types of Conflict External Conflict: Man vs man

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‘The Odyssey’ Cornell Notes

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  1. ‘The Odyssey’ Cornell Notes Brady/Lee/Wilder

  2. What is an Epic Poem? • is a lengthy narrative poem, ordinarily concerning a serious subject containing details of heroic deeds and events significant to a culture or nation

  3. Conflict • Types of Conflict • External Conflict: • Man vs man • Man vs society • Man vs nature • Internal Conflict: • Man vs self

  4. Allusion (alludes) • a brief and indirect reference to a person, place, thing or idea of historical, cultural, literary or political significance

  5. Foreshadowing • Foreshadowing or guessing ahead is a literary device by which an author hints what is to come. • “for their own reckless behavior destroyed them all- • Children and fools, they killed and feasted on • The cattle of Lord Helios, the Sun, • And he who m0oves all day through heaven • Took from their eyes the dawn of return”

  6. Flashback • A literarydevice in which an earlier event is inserted into the normal chronological order of a narrative.

  7. Hyperbole • An extreme exaggeration not to be take literally • “She was as big as a house” • “I’m so hungry I could eat a horse”

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