1. Alliteration Quote: "I saw the fuddle and flush come over him" (Homer 379) Explanation: The constant sound in the words. 2. Allusion Quote: "Helen of Argos, daughter of Zeus and Leda would she have joined the stranger... if she had known her destiny"(Homer 414). Explanation: The Trojan War 3. Dialogue Quote: "You are a ninny"(Homer 377) Explanation: These words take place in a text. 4. Dramatic Irony Quote: Odysseus took his time, turning the bow... the suitors were now watching him, and some jested among themselves"(Homer 406) Explanation: The suitors didn't know it was Odysseus but we did. 5. Foreshadowing Quote: "But if you raid the beeves, I see destruction for ship and crew"(Homer 394) Explanation: It is a hint. 6. Hyperbole Quote: "No man turned away when cups of this came round"(Homer 375) Explanation: There was probably at least one person who said no. 7. Imagery Quote: "Hidden behind the wall was a brick fireplace"(Creech 3) Explanation: This quote is imagery because you can see a brick fireplace. 8. Metaphor Quote: "I walked up and down, from bow to stern, trying to put heart into them"(Homer 395) Explanation: It compares without using like or as. 9. Onomatopoeia Quote: "Eyelid and lash were seared; the pierced ball hissed broiling, and the roots popped."(Homer 380) Explanation: Popped sounds like what it means. 10. Paradox Quote: "here we stand, beholden for your help, or any gifts you give as a custom is to honor strangers... Zeus will avenge the unoffending guest"(Homer377) Explanation: In the book it makes sense. 11. Personification Quote: One is a sharp mountain piercing the sky"(Homer 392) Explanation: Mountains can't pierce something. 12. Simile Quote: "Upon her serpent necks are borne six heads like nightmares of ferocity"(Homer 393) Explanation: It uses like. 13. Situational Irony Quote: "Nohbdy, Nohbdy's tricked me, Nohbdy's ruined me!"(Homer 381) Explanation: Opposite of what is expected. 14. Symbol Quote: "Treated as rubbish now, he lay at last upon a mass of dung before the gates"(Homer 401) Explanation: The dog represents Odysseus's legacy. 15. Verbal Irony Quote: "Cyclops, you ask my honorable name?...My name is Nohbdy"(Homer 380) Explanation: He said something but didn't mean it.