Read the beginning of odysseus’s next adventure. when this story begins, circe has just finished giving odysseus advice. as circe spoke, dawn mounted her golden throne, and on the first rays circe left me, taking her way like a great goddess up the island. i made straight for the ship, roused up the men to get aboard and cast off at the stern. 5 they scrambled to their places by the rowlocks and all in line dipped oars in the grey sea. but soon an off-shore breeze blew to our liking – a canvas-bellying breeze, a lusty shipmate sent by the singing nymph with sunbright hair.10 so we made fast the braces, and we rested, letting the wind and steersman work the ship. –the odyssey, homer to begin planning your writing, identify the heroic traits that are present in this passage. check all that apply. a. odysseus is on a long journey. b. odysseus is a powerful speaker. c. odysseus is the leader of his crew. d. odysseus is by a supernatural power. e. odysseus is a strong warrior.

Read the excerpt from "the storyteller." the smaller girl created a diversion by beginning to recite "on the road to mandalay.” she only knew the first line, but she put her limited knowledge to the fullest possible use. she repeated the line over and over again in a dreamy but resolute and very audible voice; it seemed to the bachelor as though some one had had a bet with her that she could not repeat the line aloud two thousand times without stopping. whoever it was who had made the wager was likely to lose his bet. "come over here and listen to a story,” said the aunt, when the bachelor had looked twice at her and once at the communication cord. the children moved listlessly towards the aunt’s end of the carriage. evidently her reputation as a storyteller did not rank high in their estimation. in a low, confidential voice, interrupted at frequent intervals by loud, petulant questionings from her listeners, she began an unenterprising and deplorably uninteresting story about a little girl who was good, and made friends with every one on account of her goodness, and was finally saved from a mad bull by a number of rescuers who admired her moral character. which instances of situational irony occur in the passage? select two options. a.) “whoever it was who had made the wager was likely to lose his bet.” b.) “‘come over here and listen to a story,’ said the aunt, when the bachelor had looked twice at her and once at the communication cord.” -- c.) “the children moved listlessly towards the aunt’s end of the carriage.” d.) “evidently her reputation as a story-teller did not rank high in their estimation.” -- e.) “in a low, confidential voice, interrupted at frequent intervals by loud, petulant questionings from her listeners, she began an unenterprising and deplorably uninteresting story about a little girl who was good.”