D1) Alliteration
"I saw the fuddle and flush come over him" (Homer 379).
The sentence has the letter 'f' repeating in fuddle and flush.
2) Allusion
"Helen of Argos, daughter of Zeus and Leda would she have joined the stranger... if she had known her destiny" (Homer 414).
It is a reference on how the Trojan War started.
3) Dialogue
"Nohbdy, Nohbdy's tricked me, Nohbdy's ruined me!" (Homer 381).
This is a quote that is part of a conversation.
4) Dramatic Irony
"Odysseus took his time, turning the bow . . . the suitors were now watching him, and some jested among themselves" (Homer 406).
The reader knows that the old man is Odysseus and that the bow is his bow, but none of the suitors do.
5) Foreshadowing
"But if you raid the beeves, I see destruction for ship and crew" (Homer 394).
This tells of something that is going to happen along Odysseus's journey.
6) Hyperbole
"No man turned away when cups of this came round" (Homer 375).
What Odysseus means is that it was coward-like action to retreat when there was that amount of things to face.
7) Imagery
"At noon they halted, and Frodo was aware that they had passed out under the shining Sun" (Tolkien 392).
This uses imagery because I can feel the lack of sunlight on me; it appeals to the senses.
8) Metaphor
"I walked up and down, from bow to stern, trying to put heart into them" (Homer 395).
It is comparing "up and down" and "bow to stern".
9) Onomatopoeia
"The Cyclops bellowed and the rock roared round him, and we fell back in fear" (Homer 380)
The word "roared" sounds like what it means.
10) Paradox
" 'Here we stand beholden for your help, or any gift you give - as custom is to honor strangers . . . Zeus will avenge the unoffending guest' " (Homer 377).
It seems a bit weird to give gifts to strangers who are guest; however, in the story it is appears to be custom to do so.
11) Personification
"One is a sharp mountain piercing the sky" (Homer 392).
This uses a description that is physically impossible, because mountains can't pierce the sky.
12) Simile
"Upon her serpent neck are borne six heads like nightmares of ferocity" (Homer 392).
"Six heads" and "nightmares" are a comparison using the word like.
13) Situational Irony
"Nohbdy, Nohbdy's tricked me, Nohbdy's ruined me!" (Homer 381).
Usually, the reader wouldn't that the name given sounds like nobody, and it is at this point the reader would realize the reason why, which was unexpected.
14) Symbol
"Treated as rubbish now, he lay at last upon a mass of dung before the gates" (Homer 401).
Not only is this describing where the dog is, it shows how little the suitors cared for Odysseus' items.
15) Verbal Irony
" ' Cyclops, you ask my honorable name? . . . My name is Nohbdy' " (Homer 380)
In this, it seems that Odysseus is giving his name, however, it has the purpose of keeping the cyclops getting help from the others if there nobody against the first cyclops.
"I saw the fuddle and flush come over him" (Homer 379).
The sentence has the letter 'f' repeating in fuddle and flush.
2) Allusion
"Helen of Argos, daughter of Zeus and Leda would she have joined the stranger... if she had known her destiny" (Homer 414).
It is a reference on how the Trojan War started.
3) Dialogue
"Nohbdy, Nohbdy's tricked me, Nohbdy's ruined me!" (Homer 381).
This is a quote that is part of a conversation.
4) Dramatic Irony
"Odysseus took his time, turning the bow . . . the suitors were now watching him, and some jested among themselves" (Homer 406).
The reader knows that the old man is Odysseus and that the bow is his bow, but none of the suitors do.
5) Foreshadowing
"But if you raid the beeves, I see destruction for ship and crew" (Homer 394).
This tells of something that is going to happen along Odysseus's journey.
6) Hyperbole
"No man turned away when cups of this came round" (Homer 375).
What Odysseus means is that it was coward-like action to retreat when there was that amount of things to face.
7) Imagery
"At noon they halted, and Frodo was aware that they had passed out under the shining Sun" (Tolkien 392).
This uses imagery because I can feel the lack of sunlight on me; it appeals to the senses.
8) Metaphor
"I walked up and down, from bow to stern, trying to put heart into them" (Homer 395).
It is comparing "up and down" and "bow to stern".
9) Onomatopoeia
"The Cyclops bellowed and the rock roared round him, and we fell back in fear" (Homer 380)
The word "roared" sounds like what it means.
10) Paradox
" 'Here we stand beholden for your help, or any gift you give - as custom is to honor strangers . . . Zeus will avenge the unoffending guest' " (Homer 377).
It seems a bit weird to give gifts to strangers who are guest; however, in the story it is appears to be custom to do so.
11) Personification
"One is a sharp mountain piercing the sky" (Homer 392).
This uses a description that is physically impossible, because mountains can't pierce the sky.
12) Simile
"Upon her serpent neck are borne six heads like nightmares of ferocity" (Homer 392).
"Six heads" and "nightmares" are a comparison using the word like.
13) Situational Irony
"Nohbdy, Nohbdy's tricked me, Nohbdy's ruined me!" (Homer 381).
Usually, the reader wouldn't that the name given sounds like nobody, and it is at this point the reader would realize the reason why, which was unexpected.
14) Symbol
"Treated as rubbish now, he lay at last upon a mass of dung before the gates" (Homer 401).
Not only is this describing where the dog is, it shows how little the suitors cared for Odysseus' items.
15) Verbal Irony
" ' Cyclops, you ask my honorable name? . . . My name is Nohbdy' " (Homer 380)
In this, it seems that Odysseus is giving his name, however, it has the purpose of keeping the cyclops getting help from the others if there nobody against the first cyclops.