What is one theme you interpret from the Odyssey? Why do you see this as a theme in the story?
Choose 3 of the 5 questions to answer. Your answers need to be at least 2
sentences and complete sentences. Make sure to fully answer the question(s) or
you may lose points.
(5 points each)
1. How does Penelope illustrate her intellectual capabilities and cunning?
Your Answer:
2. Epic similes are detailed comparisons over many lines of text. What is the
comparison being made in this epic simile from “The Odyssey”
“…its crackling roots blazed and hissed – as a blacksmith plunges a glowing ax or
adze in an ice-cold bath and the metal screeches steam and its temper hardens –
that’s the iron’s strength – so the eye of Cyclops sizzled round that stake.”
Your Answer:
3. What is one theme you interpret from the Odyssey? Why do you see this as a
theme in the story? Explain with one specific example from the text.
Your Answer:
4. What is a possible moral or lesson of the Greek myth Orpheus and Eurydice?
Your Answer:
5. Use the SWBST formula for writing a summary of a story. Fill in the chart to
summarize Orpheus & Eurydice or one of the 3 stories we read from the
Odyssey. Use at least one complete sentence for each box.
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