Epic Poetry

A continuous, long comparison of two unlike things.Can be as long as a paragraph, sometimes longer

• Epic Metaphor

• Allusion

• Allegory

• Epic Simile

a brave and noble character in an epic poem, admired for great achievements or affected by grand events. (Protagonist of Epic Poetry)

• Epic Simile

• Epic Setting

• Epic Hero

• Epithet

small descriptive phrase used to characterize a person or thing

• Epithet

• Allegory

• Epic Theme

• Allusion

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a very typical example of a kind of person or thing

• Archetype

• Epic Plot

• Allegory

• Epithet

message of the story that reflects a universal idea

• Epic Poetry

• Epic Theme

• Epic Setting

• Epic Plot

piece of literature, like a poem or story, which has a hidden or symbolic meaning.

• Epithet

• Allusion

• Archetype

• Allegory

It is a reference to a famous person, place, thing, or event.

• Allegory

• Epic Simile

• Allusion

• Epithet

A comparison of two unlike things that uses like or as developed over several lines of verse.

• epic plot

• allegory

• epic simile

• allusion

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Events that involve a long journey full of complications.

• epic plot

• epic theme

• archetype

• epithet

where the journey takes place, usually more than one place.

• epithet

• epic plot

• allusion

• epic setting