English Conventions

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Invocation

Plea for aid (muses), states subject of the epic
In medias res

Into immediate action (flashback background)
Epic Simile

compares heroic events to everyday things
metrical structure

a fixed formula (6 stressed syllables per line)
Stock epithet

A decriptive phrase used with or in place of a noun.

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redheadsrockyeah

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100585

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English Conventions

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English Conventions

Updated

2011-09-08T22:08:24Z

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