Lesson Details

Intros & Odyssey Test Review

2014-2015

Freshman Literature, Fall 2014

Date

Sept. 25, 2014

Additional Info
Literary Term #19: Situational Irony
A situation where the outcome is not what is expected or not what you were led to believe would happen.
Ex: "He failed almost all his classes in high school but still managed to get into Harvard Law School!"
Ex: a police station getting robbed
Ex: In the 1920s, the New York Times said solving crossword puzzles was a craze that would die out. Years later and even today, their crossword puzzle is the most well-known.

Allusion #19: Fiddle While Rome Burns

A great fire destroyed most of Rome in 64 A.D. It is said that Emperor Nero himself set the fire in order to have a place to build a new palace for himself. Needing a scapegoat after the population started blaming Nero, he blamed the Christians, whom he ordered to thrown to be eaten by dogs, crucified, or burned. Nero thought of himself as a great artist and musician. It is said that he stood in a tower and played an instrument while singing a song about the city burning. This allusion, then, refers to someone who sits idly by as something terrible happens to others: "How could you just sit there playing your fiddle while Rome burns?!"



In order to give us time to review for the quiz on part two of The Odyssey, you will have 15 minutes to work with your groups on your introductions. Work on getting the four major parts of your intro (the hook, background material, an introductory example, and a thesis statement). Remember, you are not copying each other's paragraphs word for word; you are just brainstorming ideas together to help each other have the best intro possible.


We will spend the rest of class reviewing for the quiz tomorrow.