| Term | Definition |
|---|
| Alliteration | The repetition of initial consonant or vowel sounds in two or more successive or nearby words |
| Allusion | A reference to a well-known person, place, event, work of art, myth, or religion |
| Analogy | A comparison of two things that are somewhat alike. |
| Antagonist | A character, institution, group, or force that is in conflict with the protagonist |
| Archetypes | Primordial images and symbols that occur in literature, myth, religion, and folklore |
| Conflict | The struggle between characters and other characters, forces of nature, or outside forces beyond their control, internal conflict within a character who struggles with moral choices and matters of conscience. |
| Consonance | The repetition of a consonant at the end of two or more words. |
| Couplet | A pair of rhyming lines in the same meter. |
| Denouement | The falling action or final revelations in the plot. |
| Figurative language | The use of figures of speech to express ideas. |
| Foil | A character who, through contrast, reveals the characteristics of another character. |
| Hyperbole | A figure of speech that uses exaggeration. |
| Irony | The opposite of what is expected. A reality different from appearance |
| Onomatopoeia | A figure of speech that uses words to imitate sound. |
| Repetition | A poetic device that uses the repeating or words, sounds, phrases, or sentences |
| Rhyme scheme | The pattern of rhyming words. The last word in each line is assigned a letter of the alphabet beginning with a. |
| Rhyme | Words with identical sounds, but different spellings. |
| Rising action | The path of the plot leading to the climax |
| Sensory imagery | Language that evokes images and triggers memories in the readers of the five senses |
| Simile | A figure of speech that compares two things that are not alike, using the words like, as, or than |
| AGAMEMNON | SON OF ARTEUS; OLDER BROTHER OF MEMELAUS; KING OF MYCENAE; COMMANDER OF ALL GREEK FORCES; HUSBAND OF CLYTEMNESTRA |
| MENELAUS | SON OF ATREUS; YOUNGER BROTHER OF AGAMEMNON; KING OF SPARTA; HUSBAND OF HELEN |
| HELEN | DAUGHTER OF ZEUS AND THE GOSSESS NEMESIS; REARED BY KING TYNDAREUS AND QUEEN LEDA OF SPARTA; WIFE OF MENELAUS AND QUEEN OF SPARTA UNTIL ABDUCTED BY PARIS AND TAKEN TO TROY |
| NESTOR | KING OF PYLOS; OLD, WISE GREEK LEADER |
| ACHILLES | SON OF THE HERO PELEUS AND THE SEA-GODDESS THETIS; LEADER OF THE MYRMIDONS; GREATEST GREEK WARRIOR |
| PATROCLUS | ACHILLES' BEST FRIEND |
| CLYTEMNESTRA | DAUGHTER OF KING TYNDARAUS AND QUEEN LEDA OF SPARTA; WIFE OF AGAMEMNON; QUEEN OF MYCENAE |
| ODYSSEUS | SON OF THE HERO LAERTES; KING OF ITHACA; MASTER OF STRATEGIES |
| PRIAM | KING OF TROY; HUSBAND OF HECUBA; FATHER OF HECTOR, PARIS, DEIPHOBUS, AND CASSANDRA |
| HECUBA | WIFE OF PREAM; QUEEN OF TROY; MOTHER OF HECTOR, PARIS, DEIPHOBUS, AND CASSANDRA |
| HECTOR | SON OF PRAM AND HECUBA; HUSBAND OF ANDROMACHE; FATHER OF ASTYANAX; BROTHER OF PARIS; COMMANDER OF THE TROJAN FORCES; GREATEST TROJAN WARRIOR |
| ANDROMACHE | WIFE OF HECTOR; MOTHER OF ASTYANAX |
| ASTYANAX | SON OF HECTOR AND ANDROMACHE |
| POLYDAMAS | HECTOR'S GOOD FRIEND AND WISE COUNSELOR |
| PARIS | SON OF PRIAM AND HECUBA; BROTHER OF HECTOR; ABDUCTOR OF HELEN |
| CHRYSEIS | DAUGHTER OF CHRYSES, A PRIEST OF APOLLO; AGAMEMNON'S PRIZE OF HONOR |
| BRISEIS | ACHILLES' PRIZE OF HONOR |
| Thesis | Subject, Opinion |
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