Upcoming Vocabulary and Literary Terms due dates:
12/10 Quiz and flashcard check Literary Terms #61-80
Research Paper (greek god or goddess) due dates:
12/15 Completed outline (planning) for research paper
1/13/09 Rough Draft of research paper with in-text (parenthetical) citations
in place
Annotation Directions for The Odyssey:
•Make a note each time that a new god or goddess appears in the story line—
make sure that this is a big bold mark, one that you can easily find later.
•Mark each epithet used to refer to a god or goddess the first time that it
is used.
•At the end of each book write a brief summary of the book—this will make it
easier for you to review what has happened in each book later.
•Mark Epic (also known as Homeric) Similes:
an extended simile that is used typically in epic poetry to intensify the
heroic stature of the subject; also called a Homeric simile
"Fear fell upon Hector as he beheld him, and he dared not stay longer where
he was but fled in dismay from before the gates, while Achilles darted after
him at his utmost speed. As a mountain falcon, swiftest of all birds, swoops
down upon some cowering dove- the dove flies before him but the falcon with a
shrill scream follows close after, resolved to have her- even so did Achilles
make straight for Hector with all his might, while Hector fled under the
Trojan wall as fast as his limbs could take him." - The Iliad
1st annotation check: Books 1-8 due Thursday January 7th
