Epic Poetry

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Across
  1. 2. how Odysseus can listen to the sirens' song
  2. 3. a reference to a well-known person, character, place, or event that a writer makes to deepen the reader's understanding
  3. 5. a long narrative poem that recounts the adventures of the hero
  4. 7. religious stories
  5. 8. a pattern of characteristics we see repeatedly in stories
  6. 10. the name of the Cyclops
  7. 12. changing a traditional story to focus on specific details and the results of such
  8. 14. making a story fit a new purpose or medium
  9. 15. a comparison developed over several lines of text
Down
  1. 1. the Hero's ------, the cycle a traditional hero's story takes
  2. 4. the plant that makes the sailors forget their desire to return home
  3. 6. a sea monster that lives in the cliffs with multiple heads
  4. 9. a description that replaces a person's name
  5. 11. Where Odysseus and his men injure the Cyclops
  6. 13. a whirlpool sea monster that swallows ships