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Bower's Vocab 6
Vocab 6
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Myth | a traditional story rooted in a culture that explains that cultures's belief |
| Rhapsode | an oral storyteller who would sing a tale |
| Odyssey | a long journey during which lessons are learned |
| Allusion | a historical reference to a person or event |
| Imagery | an author's use of words that appeal to the five senses (touch, taste, hearing, sight, smell |
| Dramatic Irony | the audience is aware of something in the story that a character in the story is not |
| Personification | giving a non-human qualities or characteristics |
| Alter Ego | a spiritual reflection of a hero's best qualities |
| Flashback | a story tells past events |
| Epic | a long narrative poem detailing the adventures of a larger than life hero |
| Homeric simile | an extended comparison |
| Epithet | a descriptive phrase regularly used to characterize a person |