Module 3 Journal

Module 3 Journal. Please write about some aspect of the reading in Books 11?17 ofÿTheÿOdysseyÿthat impacted you, such as a particular character, situation, scene,image, line, pattern, irony, or contradiction.*Make sure to include an example of one of Homer?s (1) similes and an example of one of his (2) epithets.(1) A “simile” compares things that are unlike and uses the words “like,” “as,” “than,” “similar to,” “resembles,” or “seems.”ÿ ÿ ÿ E.g., Odysseus describes his mother’s spirit in Hades when he tries to hold her as “sifting away / like a shadow,ÿÿ ÿ ÿ ÿ ÿ ÿ ÿ ÿdissolving like a dream . . .” (11.236-37).(2) An “epithet” is an adjective or descriptive phrase expressing a quality characteristic of the person or thing mentioned.ÿÿÿ ÿÿÿ E.g, “Circe, the awesome nymph with lovely braids . . .” (11.7).http://www.gradesaver.com/the-odyssey/study-guide/summary-books-9-12

Module 3 Journal