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Ninth Grade Literature and Composition Unit 2 Exam 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 exposition:
Provide an example of an exposition:
2. Define rising action:
Provide an example of rising action:
3. Define climax:
Provide an example of a climax:
4. Define falling action:
Provide an example of falling action:
5. Define resolution/denouement:
Provide an example of a resolution/denouement:
6. Define protagonist:
Provide an example of a protagonist:
7. Define antagonist:
Provide an example of an antagonist:
8. Define flat character:
Provide an example of a flat character:
9. Define round character:
Provide an example of a round character:
10. Define external conflict:
Provide an example of external conflict:
11. Define internal conflict:
Provide an example of internal conflict:
12. Define irony:
Provide an example of irony:
13. Define allusion:
Provide an example of an allusion:
14. Define hyperbole:
Provide an example of a hyperbole:
15. Define imagery:
Provide an example of imagery:
16. Define metaphor:
Provide an example of a metaphor:
17. Define simile:
Provide an example of a simile:
18. Define alliteration:
Provide an example of alliteration:
19. Define personification:
Provide an example of personification:
20. Define foreshadowing:
Provide an example of foreshadowing:
25. List the five characteristics of myths:
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26. Identify and describe Aphrodite:
21. Define symbolism:
Provide an example of symbolism:
22. Define theme:
27. Identify and describe Hephaestus:
28. Identify and describe Hera:
Provide an example of theme:
Part Two: Mythology
23. Define myth:
Provide an example of a myth:
24. List the five purposes of myths:
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29. Identify and describe Prometheus:
30. Identify and describe Cupid:
31. Identify and describe Hades:
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32. Identify and describe Apollo:
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Part Three: The Odyssey
33. Define epic:
Provide an example of an epic:
34. List and explain the five conventions of an epic:
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35. List and explain the seven characteristics of an epic hero:
39. Identify and describe Zeus, including his role in The
Odyssey:
40. Identify and describe Poseidon, including his role in The
Odyssey:
41. Identify and describe Athena, including her role in The
Odyssey:
42. Identify and describe Hermes, including his role in The
Odyssey:
43. Identify and describe Tiresias, including his role in The
Odyssey:
44. Describe the behavior of Odysseus’s men:
45. List Odysseus’s obstacles in chronological order, and
describe each of them:
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36. Identify and describe Odysseus, including his tragic flaw:
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9. (two in one)
37. Identify and describe Penelope:
38. Identify and describe Telemachus:
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11. (second to last)
46. Explain Odysseus’s disguise in Part Two of The Odyssey:
47. Identify and describe Eumaeus:
54. Explain how Polyphemus (Cyclops) violates the rules of
hospitality:
55. Explain how Penelope upholds the rules of hospitality:
48. Identify and describe Argus:
56. Explain the Greek culture’s point of view on burial rituals:
49. Identify and describe Antinous:
57. Explain how Odysseus’s encounter with Elpenor in the
Underworld reflects the Greek culture’s point of view on burial
rituals:
50. Explain how Penelope has been delaying her remarriage:
58. Explain the theme of The Odyssey in relation to each of the
following:
51. Explain the test Penelope arranges for the suitors to
complete:
52. Explain the test that Penelope gives to Odysseus so that
he proves it is really him:
1. Odysseus with the Polyphemus (Cyclops):
2. Odysseus’s men:
59. Identify the author of The Odyssey:
53. Explain the Greek culture’s point of view on hospitality:
60. Identify the prequel to The Odyssey: