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Ninth Grade Literature and Composition Mid-Term Study Guide
INSTRUCTIONS: In order to help you prepare for your mid-term on Greek mythology, The Odyssey, and various literary elements,
complete this study guide. Use your notes, classroom assignments, textbook, etc., to find the information that you need. Be sure to
actually STUDY this study guide prior to the exam.
Part One: Literary Elements
1. Define setting:
9. Define direct characterization:
Provide an example of direct characterization:
Provide an example of a setting:
10. Define indirect characterization:
2. Define exposition:
Provide an example of indirect characterization:
Provide an example of an exposition:
11. Define flat character:
3. Define rising action:
Provide an example of rising action:
4. Define climax:
Provide an example of a climax:
5. Define falling action:
Provide an example of falling action:
Provide an example of a flat character:
12. Define round character:
Provide an example of a round character:
13. Define static character:
Provide an example of a static character:
14. Define dynamic character:
6. Define resolution/denouement:
Provide an example of a dynamic character:
Provide an example of a resolution/denouement:
15. Define Man versus Man conflict:
7. Define protagonist:
Provide an example of Man versus Man conflict:
Provide an example of a protagonist:
8. Define antagonist:
Provide an example of an antagonist:
16. Define Man versus Nature conflict:
Provide an example of Man versus Nature conflict:
17. Define Man versus Society conflict:
Provide an example of Man versus Society conflict:
18. Define Man versus Self conflict:
Provide an example of Man versus Self conflict:
19. Define external conflict:
Provide an example of external conflict:
20. Define internal conflict:
Provide an example of internal conflict:
21. Define first person point of view:
Provide an example of first person point of view:
22. Define second person point of view:
Provide an example of second person point of view:
23. Define third person limited point of view:
Provide an example of third person limited pov:
24. Define third person omniscient person point of view:
Provide an example of third person pov:
25. Define mood:
Provide an example of mood:
26. Define irony:
Provide an example of irony:
27. Define allusion:
Provide an example of an allusion:
28. Define hyperbole:
Provide an example of a hyperbole:
29. Define imagery:
Provide an example of imagery:
30. Define metaphor:
Provide an example of a metaphor:
31. Define simile:
Provide an example of a simile:
32. Define alliteration:
Provide an example of alliteration:
33. Define personification:
Provide an example of personification:
34. Define foreshadowing:
Provide an example of foreshadowing:
35. Define symbolism:
Provide an example of symbolism:
36. Define theme:
Provide an example of theme:
Part Two: Mythology
45. Identify and describe Hades:
37. Define myth:
46. Identify and describe Apollo:
Provide an example of a myth:
38. List the five characteristics of myths:
1.
Part Three: The Odyssey
47. Define epic:
Provide an example of an epic:
2.
48. List and explain the five conventions of an epic:
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39. List the five purposes of myths:
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49. List and explain the seven characteristics of an epic hero:
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40. Identify and describe Aphrodite:
4.
41. Identify and describe Hephaestus:
5.
42. Identify and describe Hera:
6.
43. Identify and describe Prometheus:
7.
44. Identify and describe Cupid:
50. Identify and describe Odysseus:
8.
51. Identify and describe Penelope:
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52. Identify and describe Telemachus:
10.
53. Identify and describe Zeus, including his role in The
Odyssey:
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54. Identify and describe Poseidon, including his role in The
Odyssey:
55. Identify and describe Athena, including her role in The
Odyssey:
56. Identify and describe Hermes, including his role in The
Odyssey:
57. List Odysseus’s obstacles in chronological order, and
thoroughly describe each of them:
58. Explain Odysseus’s disguise in Part Two of The Odyssey:
59. Explain how Penelope has been delaying her remarriage:
60. Explain the test Penelope arranges for the suitors to
complete:
61. Explain the test that Penelope gives to Odysseus so that
he proves it is really him:
62. Identify the author of The Odyssey:
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63. Identify the prequel to The Odyssey:
64. Explain the theme of The Odyssey in relation to each of the
following:
1. Odysseus
2. Odysseus’s men
3. Penelope
4. The suitors