The Odyssey Literary Elements

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Across
  1. 3. a traditional story, especially one concerning the early history of a people or explaining some natural or social phenomenon, and typically involving supernatural beings or events
  2. 4. used to mean exactly what is written
  3. 5. a long narrative poem about a hero
  4. 7. hints or clues about what will happen later in a story
  5. 8. comparing two unlike things using like or as
  6. 10. a direct comparison
  7. 11. language that appeals to one or more of the five senses
  8. 13. descriptive words or phrases attached to a person or thing
  9. 14. a secondary self
Down
  1. 1. when the author takes us back in time to previous events that affect the present story
  2. 2. an extended simile often running to several lines, used typically in epic poetry to intensify the heroic stature of the subject and to serve as decoration.
  3. 6. a struggle between two opposing forces
  4. 9. means in the midst of action
  5. 12. a comparison between two unlike things that continues throughout a series of sentences in a paragraph, or lines in a poem ...