Book 21: The Test of the Bow Analysis

Now that we've practiced reading sections of the story together, it's time for you to read 4 pages on your own. You can do it!

Copy and paste the below information in a Word doc. Type the answers (highlight or change the color) while you read pages 403-407 in the online textbook (the next page in the Module). REMEMBER THAT YOU ONLY NEED TO READ PAGES 403-407. There is a search box on the top of the page where you can type page number 403 to begin. Remember that any time you see an italicized section, it's a summarized version.

Character reminders:

• Penelope is Odysseus' wife.
• Telemachus is Odysseus' son.
• Antinous and Eurymachus are very rude and obnoxious suitors. 

Title of Section:  Book 21: The Test of the Bow                           

What happened? Summarize the plot in one paragraph:

External conflict- outside struggle (list one):  

Internal conflict- struggle in a character's head (list one): 

Epic/Homeric Simile- Descriptive comparison using like or as.

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 of ONE type. 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