The Epic Form by chloe horwitz https://padlet.com/chloehorwitz62/Epicform Chloe H, Simon A, Chiara C, Jair R! en-us 2018-08-22 12:57:51 UTC 2023-04-02 15:10:32 UTC hello@padlet.com Lofty style! https://padlet.com/chloehorwitz62/Epicform/wish/274551078 Elegant language stresses the nobility of the subject]]> 2018-08-22 13:07:30 UTC https://padlet.com/chloehorwitz62/Epicform/wish/274551078 Opening invocation to the muse! https://padlet.com/chloehorwitz62/Epicform/wish/274551137 The speaker of the poem asks the muse for inspiration.]]> 2018-08-22 13:07:42 UTC https://padlet.com/chloehorwitz62/Epicform/wish/274551137 Objective tone! https://padlet.com/chloehorwitz62/Epicform/wish/274551540 By keeping an emotional distance, the poet focuses attention on the story]]> 2018-08-22 13:09:07 UTC https://padlet.com/chloehorwitz62/Epicform/wish/274551540 Epic Form! cecompiani https://padlet.com/chloehorwitz62/Epicform/wish/274551868 An epic is a long narrative that relates important events in the history or folklore of the culture that produced it. ]]> 2018-08-22 13:10:21 UTC https://padlet.com/chloehorwitz62/Epicform/wish/274551868 Picture! https://padlet.com/chloehorwitz62/Epicform/wish/274552322 2018-08-22 13:11:47 UTC https://padlet.com/chloehorwitz62/Epicform/wish/274552322 Picture! https://padlet.com/chloehorwitz62/Epicform/wish/274552482 2018-08-22 13:12:17 UTC https://padlet.com/chloehorwitz62/Epicform/wish/274552482 Literary devices https://padlet.com/chloehorwitz62/Epicform/wish/274553358 "Starting the story in medias res" meaning "in the middle of things": beginning with action other than background information helps reveal audience attention, Meter: Helps the oral poet remember lines, Epithet: help fill out the meter]]> 2018-08-22 13:15:00 UTC https://padlet.com/chloehorwitz62/Epicform/wish/274553358 Video! https://padlet.com/chloehorwitz62/Epicform/wish/274553900 2018-08-22 13:16:32 UTC https://padlet.com/chloehorwitz62/Epicform/wish/274553900 Picture! https://padlet.com/chloehorwitz62/Epicform/wish/274554027 2018-08-22 13:16:55 UTC https://padlet.com/chloehorwitz62/Epicform/wish/274554027 Epic Simile! https://padlet.com/chloehorwitz62/Epicform/wish/274554588 A long comparison over many lines: Such similes were another way to fill out the meter and air the poets memory.]]> 2018-08-22 13:18:31 UTC https://padlet.com/chloehorwitz62/Epicform/wish/274554588 Epic hero! https://padlet.com/chloehorwitz62/Epicform/wish/274555422 A larger than life hero who embodies traits that the culture values.Typically among those characteristics are physical strength,bravery,high birth, fame, and effective skills as a leader and in battle.]]> 2018-08-22 13:20:47 UTC https://padlet.com/chloehorwitz62/Epicform/wish/274555422 Allusion! chloehorwitz62 https://padlet.com/chloehorwitz62/Epicform/wish/274555480 An allusion is a reference to a famous person,plac, or event. To help hid audience picture that he described, a poet might have made an allusion to something they already knew. For instance, when Odysseus' son first sees the palace of Menelaus, he says, "This is the way the court of Zeus must be." Every Greek would have understood this allusion to the ruler of the gods.]]> 2018-08-22 13:20:58 UTC https://padlet.com/chloehorwitz62/Epicform/wish/274555480 Questions? cecompiani https://padlet.com/chloehorwitz62/Epicform/wish/274557530 1.) What attributes does a character need to have in order to be classified as an epic hero?
2.) What is an epic simile?
3.) What is a meter and how does it benefit the story?
4.) How can an author help the audience picture a scene?]]> 2018-08-22 13:27:02 UTC https://padlet.com/chloehorwitz62/Epicform/wish/274557530