Epic of Gilgamesh Review

A call for help from the gods, often found at the start of an epic.

• Invocation

• Epic Simile

• Divine Intervention

A lengthy description of two unlike things using like or as.

• Invocation

• Epic Simile

• Metaphor

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CCSS.L.9-10.5

A long, narrative poem about a larger-than-life hero.

• Epic

• Epic Simile

• Short story

Epics are not chronological. They start in the middle of the action. What is the Latin term for “in the middle of things”?

• In medias res

• In da media

• En medium

What is the term when a reader learns about characters through their words, deeds, actions, or descriptions?

• Characterization

• Archetype

• Assyrians

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CCSS.RL.9-10.3

This epic convention focuses on a character who is brave, wise, strong, and loyal but who has a major flaw.

• Epic Hero

• Heroic Quest

• Epic Simile

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CCSS.RL.9-10.3

“Then Enkidu, the faithful companion…” (20) is an example of which literary device?

• Epithet

• Metaphor

• Simile

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CCSS.L.9-10.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

“He was wise, he saw mysteries, and he knew secret things.” (19) is an example of which literary device?

• Characterization

• Metaphor

• Personification

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CCSS.L.9-10.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

To which two civilizations do we give credit for the Epic of Gilgamesh?

• Sumerians

• Babylonians

• Assyrians

The creation of this character is an example of divine intervention as this person was created when the gods heard the people of Uruk’s cries about Gilgamesh.

• Enkidu

• Shamash

• Enlil