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English Midterm Revi
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| 8 characteristics of an epic poem? | Long lists, hero embodies values of a civilation, epithets, long and formal speeches, vast settings, in media res, invocation to a muse, divine intervention |
| Stages of a hero's journey | Call to adventure, helper or mentor, crossing threshold, tests and trials, supreme ordeal/final battle, and return with elixir |
| lux/lucis | light |
| specere/spectum | to look at |
| videre/visum | to see, to look |
| far/fari | to announce |
| dict/dictum | say, to tell |
| habere/habitum | have, hold |
| fundere/fusum | to pour out |
| tenere/tenum | to hold |
| plere/pletum | to fill |
| legare/legatum | to appoint or send on a mission |
| agere/actum | to act, to do |
| pellere/pulsum | to push |
| latum | brought, carried |
| bene | good, well |
| cor/cordis | heart |
| animus | spirit |
| malus | bad |
| main characters | Odysseus, Penelope, Telemachus, Athena, Poseiden, Zeus, Circe |
| Difference between autobiography and biography? | auto is by themselves |