The Odyssey Figurative Language

a comparison of unlike terms, not using like or as; He's a beast on the football field.

• simile

• metaphor

• personification

• allusion

giving lifelike qualities to inanimate objects as in That desk tripped me.

• similie

• metaphor

• personification

• allusion

word or phrases of description that are repeated time and again within a work of literature as in "O great contender."

• simile

• metaphor

• tone

• epithet

a comparison between two things essentially alike using like or as; Nasir is swift like a cheetah.

• simile

• metaphor

• tone

• mood

the author's attitude towards the audience, the subject, or the characters; "You yellow dogs.."

• allusion

• epithet

• mood

• tone

a central idea in a piece of writing; life lesson; Temptations are difficult to resist.

• theme

• tone

• mood

• flashback

event/scene taking place before the present time; Back to the Future

• foreshadow

• flashback

• tone

• mood

a hint or clue to future events; If you don't study your vocabulary words, you may fail the quiz.

• tone

• epithet

• flashback

• foreshadw

"Her legs-and there are 12 of them-are like great tentacles..." (930).

• simile

• metaphor

• allusion

• personification

"...heard the rock bellowing all around. The black sand raging..." (936).

• simile

• personification

• metaphor

• tone