Book 9: The Cyclops Analysis

1- Copy and paste the below information in a Word doc. Type the answers (in a different color) while you read pages 372-385 in the online textbook (the next page in the Module).  REMEMBER THAT YOU ONLY NEED TO READ PAGES 372-385. There is a search box on the top of the page where you can type page number 372 to begin. For those of you reading at home, there is an "audio" option on the left side to hear the text read aloud. This assignment should be about just The Cyclops section.

For those of you reading this at home, here is a summary of Cyclops section Links to an external site. to help you understand. You still need to read the pages in the online textbook in order to complete this assignment.

Title of Section:  The Cyclops- Book 9

What happened? Summarize the plot in one paragraph:

External conflicts (struggle you can see):  

Internal conflicts (struggle in a character's head): 

Epic/Homeric Simile (descriptive comparison)

Page #                 Epic Simile: 

Who/what is being compared? __________________________ is compared to _________________________

Identify the following literary elements in the selection:

Foreshadowing (hint of what will happen later): 

Epithets (descriptive nickname): 

Irony- Identify and explain ONE example. You can choose from the following types:

• verbal: character says one thing but means another (sarcasm)
• dramatic irony: the reader knows something a character does not
• situational irony: the opposite of what we would expect to happen