Packet 4 Odyssey Part 3

Odyssey Unit Packet 4 Odyssey Part 3

Content: Part 3 Vocabulary List Part 3 Vocabulary Practice Part 3 Reading Guide Part 3 Figurative Language Practice Part 3 Summary & Paraphrasing Practice

Name:______Class period: _____ English 9

Word Definition Sentence Image

(v) to crouch, as Cower in fear or shame The mouse cowered in the corner as the cat moved toward it.

(n) We were amazed at our Imprudence Lacking wisdom guests’ imprudence in or good judgment requesting special privileges.

Incredulity (n) unwilling to The boy looked at the accept what is magician with incredulity true when he appeared to levitate.

(n) costume; Guise form or style of He worked for his own dress interests under the guise of compassion toward others.

Renowned (adj) widely Many people attend the acclaimed or talk by the renowned highly honored scientist. Miss Brummett Name

Part 3 Vocabulary Practice DUE DATE: Compete each of the following sentences with the appropriate word from the box.

Fill in each blank with the appropriate vocabulary word. renowned cower incredulity imprudence guise

1. Fred earned a detention when he showed ______by throwing a paper airplane at the substitute.

2. The lost little boy ______against the wall crying for his mommy.

3. The president of the United States tends to be ______; almost everyone in the world knows who he is.

4. The students stared at the teacher with ______when he told them that they had a four page paper to write over Winter Break.

5. The thieves entered the house under the ______of repair men; the elderly woman never knew they had stolen anything until it was too late.

contrive gale peril shroud tumult

6. The strong ______caused the man walking through the storm to suddenly fall.

7. When it became clear that their friend was in ______, they created a plan to save her.

8. The car crash caused such a ______that the road was shut down for three hours. 9. He ______a story which he believed would fool the teacher into believing that his grandmother had been in the hospital.

10. When the river flooded, many homes became ______by water.

dismember embark mammoth ponderous valor

11. The sailors ______and were out of sight within minutes.

12. The ______book was so heavy that it took three people to carry it.

13. The five-year-old boy was awarded a special medal from the governor for his ______when he pulled his father from a burning building.

14. Martha was horrified when she walked into the room to discover that her son had ______her favorite chair.

15. Because he had never seen one before, Henry was amazed at how ______the elephant was. Miss Brummett Name

DUE DATE: Odyssey Part 3 Reading Guide

Answer each of the following questions using complete sentences.

Father and Son

1. Who helped Odysseus get to Ithaca?

2. How long has Odysseus been away from his home?

3.What is currently going on at Odysseus’s home in Ithaca?

4. Who are the suitors and what do they want?

5. How does Penelope react to the suitors? 6. How does Athena help Odysseus?

7. Who can see Athena? Who cannot?

8. What does Athena instruct Odysseus to do in lines 13-19?

9. How does Athena change Odysseus before he talks to Telemachus?

10. a. How does Telemachus react to Odysseus?

b. How does Odysseus react to seeing his son?

11. What does Odysseus tell Telemachus to do?

The Beggar at the Manor 1. What is Odysseus’s dog’s name? What happens to him?

2. Does Penelope know Odysseus is home?

3. How do the suitors treat the disguised Odysseus?

4. Who is the leader of the suitors?

5. How does Odysseus reply when Antinous yells at him and throws a stool at him?

6. What does Odysseus ask from the gods as punishment for Antinous’s behavior?

7. What do the other suitors think of Antinous’s behavior?

8. How does Penelope feel about Antinous? What kind of man is Antinous?

9. What does Penelope ask her housekeeper, Eurynome, to do? Why is this ironic? 10. When Odysseus and Penelope meet, Penelope tells Odysseus (disguised as a beggar) how she tricked the suitors. Describe Penelope’s trick.

11. What problem does Penelope now face?

12. How does Penelope say she has felt since Odysseus left?

13. How did Penelope put off her wedding for three years?

The Test of the Bow

1. What test does Penelope devise for the suitors?

2. Odysseus, disguised, tries the test. How does he do?

3. a. To what is Odysseus’s handling of the bow compared?

b. To what senses does the imagery of these lines appeal? 4. At the end of this section, what are Odysseus and Telemachus prepared to do?

Figurative Language: Identify at least two examples of figurative language in this section of the Odyssey.

Page numbers / Line number / Quote / Type of Figurative Language

Page number Line numbers Quote Type of Figurative Language

Paraphrasing: Paraphrase lines 31-42 from Part 3.

“One word only,

My lords, and suitors of the famous queen.

One thing I have to say.

There is no pain, no burden for the heart

When blows comt to a man, and he defending

His own cattle—his own cows and lambs. Here is was otherwise. Antinous

Hit me for being driven on by hunger--

How many bitter seas men cross for hunger!

If beggars interest the gods, if there are Furies

Pent in the dark to avenge a poor man’s wrong, then may

Antinous meet his death before his wedding day!”

Odyssey Part 3: Summary

In the space below, summarize Part 3 of The Odyssey. Your summary should fill the majority of the page.

______