That's So Epic: How Epic Similes Contribute to Mood (Part Two)

Continue to study epic similes in excerpts from The Iliad in Part Two of this two-part series. In Part Two, you'll learn about mood and how the language of an epic simile produces a specified mood in excerpts from The Iliad.

Make sure to complete Part One before beginning Part Two. Click HERE to view "That's So Epic: How Epic Similes Contribute to Mood (Part One)."
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Subject(s): English Language Arts
Grade Level(s): 9
Intended Audience: Students
Instructional Time: 40 Minute(s)
Keywords: English Language Arts, English, Language Arts, ELA, tutorials, e-learning, e learning, interactive, The Iliad, Homer, Classical texts, Classical literature, Classical Greek literature, ancient Greece, epic poem, ancient Greek epic poem, Classical literary period, epic poetry, epic simile, epic similes, imagery, hyperbole, figurative language, mood, how figurative language creates mood, how epic similes create mood, mood of a text, how authors create mood
Instructional Component Type(s): Original Student Tutorial
Resource Collection: Original Student Tutorials for Language Arts - Grades 6-12

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