Odyssey Unit
Packet 3
Odyssey Part 2
Content:
Part 2 Vocabulary List
Part 2 Vocabulary Practice
Part 2 Figurative Language Practice
Part 2 Reading Guide
Part 2 Summary & Paraphrasing Practice
Name:__________
Class period: _____
English 9
Odyssey Part 2 Vocabulary
Word
Sentence
Definition
Ardor
She spoke with great
ardor.
(n) great warmth of
feeling; passion
Kine
The kine stood in the
field all day slowly
eating and mooing.
(n) plural of a cow
Comber
During the storm, the
combers almost
destroyed the ship.
(n) a long, curling
wave
Contrive
The author contrived
a clever plot.
(v) to plot; to scheme
Gale
A gale of laughter
filled the room.
(n) a very strong
wind; a noisy
outburst
Peril
Polar bears are in
peril of becoming
extinct if we do not do
something to help
preserve them.
(n) Something that
causes or may cause
injury or destruction.
Shroud
The fog shrouded
the road and caused
the driver to
accidentally run over
a squirrel.
(n) Something that
covers or conceals
like a garment or
piece of clothing
Shun
My family will shun
me if I go to Purdue
because they are all
IU fans.
When the crowd
heard that the concert
had been canceled,
there was a great
tumult.
I had a strong urge to
push all of the
buttons in the
elevator.
(v) to keep away
from, take pains to
avoid
Tumult
Urge
(n) an outbreak, riot,
or uprising
(v) to push or force
along
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Name
Part 2 Vocabulary Practice
Compete each of the following sentences with the appropriate word from the box.
Ardor
Kine
Shrouded
Shun
Tumult
1. The goddess told Odysseus to _________________ the evil sea creatures.
2. The choir sang the sad song with such _____________________ that it made the
audience cry.
3. The ____________________ made by the riot caused fear throughout the county.
4. Dairy farms are full of _______________.
5. When Poseidon became angry, he _________________________ Odysseus’s
way home so that he could not return safely.
Combers
Contrive
Gale
Peril
Urged
6. Odysseus and his men often ______________________ plans that lead to
trouble.
7. When the Cyclops threw boulders at the ship, it created
_____________________ that almost sunk it.
8. As Odysseus approached the island of the Lotus Eaters, he did not realize the
________________ he was in.
9. Odysseus’s men _________________ him to stop taunting Polyphemus, but he
did not listen.
10. When the ___________________ stopped, the officials were able to survey the
wind damage.
Dispatched
Embarked
Guile
Prodigious
Valor
11. The creation of the Trojan Horse shows that Odysseus has
_____________________.
12. Many believe the Loch Ness Monster to be a _______________ creature of
legends.
13. Polyphemus ______________________ six of Odysseus’s men while they were
stuck in the Cyclops’s cave.
14. The crew ___________________ and then sailed away quickly after the Cicones
attacked.
15. One of Odysseus’s good traits is his _______________________, which he
shows when he talks to the Cyclops even though he is afraid.
Miss Brummett
Name
DUE DATE:
Odyssey Part 2 Reading Guide
Answer each of the following questions using complete sentences.
1. Aeolus is the god of the ___________________________.
2. What does Aeolus give to Odysseus?
3. What happens to Aeolus’s gift and what are the consequences?
4. What does this tell you about:
A. Odysseus?
B. the crew?
5. Who are the Laestrygonians?
6. Circe, a goddess, rules the next land. What does she do to Odysseus’s men?
7. How does Odysseus save his men from Circe?
8. How long is Odysseus on Circe’s island?
9. What must Odysseus do after leaving Circe?
10. What warning do both Tiresias and Circe give Odysseus?
11. Who are the Sirens?
12. What is Scylla?
13. What is Charybdis?
14. What are Odysseus’s instructions to his men in lines 20-28?
15. What does Odysseus do so his men do not hear the Sirens?
16. Where is Odysseus as they sail past the Sirens and how does he react to them?
17. As they leave the area filled with sirens, Odysseus and his men come close to
Charybdis. How do the men initially respond?
18. How does Odysseus react?
19. Does Odysseus warn his men about Scylla? Why or why not?
20. Describe the attack made by Scylla.
21. As Odysseus and his crew near Helios’s island, what does Odysseus want to do?
Why?
22. What do his men want to do? Why?
23. What does Odysseus decide to do?
24. What does Zeus do to Odysseus and his crew while they are stopped on the island?
25. Why does Odysseus leave his men alone on Helios’s island?
26. While Odysseus is gone, what do his men do?
27. What are the consequences of this?
28. Who survives?
29. Where does Odysseus end up?
Part 2 Figurative Language Practice
Read the following excerpts from the Odyssey. Then, identify examples of
simile, metaphor, personification, and alliteration.
But scarcely had that island 1
Faded in blue air than I saw smoke
2
And white water with sound of waves in tumult—
1. __________________________
A sound the men heard, and it terrified them.
3
4
Oars flew from their hands; the blades went knocking
5
Wild alongside till the ship lost way,
3. _________________________
With no oarblades to drive her through the water.
2. _________________________
4. ________________________
5. __________________________
--Part 2 lines 63-69
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------And all this time,
In travail, sobbing, gaining on the current,
We rowed into the strait—Scylla to port
And on our starboard beam Charybdis, dire
6
Gorge of the salt sea tide. By heaven! When she
7
Vomited, all the sea was like a cauldron
Seething over intense fire, when the mixture
8
Suddenly heaves and rises. The shot spume
9
Soared to the landside heights, and fell like rain.
--Part 2 lines 105-114
6. _________________________
7. _______________________
8. ________________________
9. _________________________
In the small hours of the third watch, when stars
That shone out in the first dusk of evening
10
1
0 setting, a giant wind
Had gone down to their
Blew from heaven, and clouds driven by Zeus
11
Shrouded land and sea in a night of storm;
12
So just as Dawn with fingertips of rose
13
10) _______________________
11) _______________________
12) _______________________
13) _______________________
Touched the windy world, we dragged our ship
To cover in a grotto, a sea cave
Where nymphs had chairs of rock and sanded floors.
--Part 2 lines 201-208
Odyssey Part 2: Paraphrasing
In the boxes to the right, paraphrase each line of the passage. (Lines 287294)
‘O Father Zeus and gods in bliss forever
Punish Odysseus’ men! So overweening,
Now they have killed my peaceful kine,
my joy
At morning when I climbed the sky of
stars,
And evening, when I bore westward from
heaven.
Restitution or penalty they shall pay-And pay in full—or I go down forever
To light the dead men in the underworld.
Odyssey Part 2: Summary
In the space below, summarize Part 2 of The Odyssey. Your summary should fill the
majority of the page.
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