Unusual Language in The Odyssey

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Unusual Language in The Odyssey
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Unusual Language in The Odyssey

• Sentence structure reversal
• Extended metaphor/simile
• Extended appositive

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Sentence Structure Reversals

• Subject/Predicate at the end of the sentence
• Subject after predicate
• From the hallowed halls of GHS came the fearless
  gladiators.
• Not by will or valor could he save them.

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Extended Metaphor/Simile

• Simile
• Indirect comparison between two things that are
  mostly unalike
• uses like or as
• Her smile is like the sunshine.
• The striker attacked the goal like a charging
  tiger.

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Extended Metaphor/Simile

• Metaphor
• Direct comparison between two things that are
  mostly unalike
• Does NOT use like or as
• My dreams are paintings.
• My dreams are the discarded paintings of a
  deranged artist.

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Extended Metaphor/Simile

• Extended metaphor or simile
• a regular metaphor or simile that adds phrases
  and clauses
• more descriptive, but can also make it harder to
  follow the main part of the sentence
• Her smile is like the sunshine which, as it
  rises in the early morning, paints the sky with
  brilliant color, and as it rises still higher
  into the day, warms the earth and our spirits
  too.
• Like a charging tiger that has targeted its prey
  and leapt, blood-thirsty, from its place among
  the trees, the striker attacked the goal.

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Extended Metaphor/Simile

• My dreams, the discarded paintings of a deranged
  artist whose work inspires only confusion and
  fear, have haunted me for endless months.

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Extended Appositives

• Appositive
• A phrase or clause that gives additional
  information about a noun in the sentence
• Separated from the main sentence by commas
• Could be removed from the sentence and the
  sentence would still make sense

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Extended Appositives

• Appositive examples
• Even my father, the funniest guy I know, didnt
  crack a smile at that bigoted joke.
• The police officer, a seasoned veteran of the
  citys anti-terrorism task force, waited to hear
  about his promotion to Captain.

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Extended Appositives

• Extended appositive example
• Mr. Hedgepeth, man among men, the greatest
  robotics teacher in the history of the world, a
  veteran who served his country proudly, a man
  even taller than Mr. Burnce, sipped his coffee
  and planned his next fire alarm prank.