Define in medias res in one sentence. (1 point) In one to two sentences, explain how The Odyssey is an
example of this literary technique. (1 point)

In The Odyssey, Homer employs most of the literary and poetic devices associated with epics: catalogs, digressions, long speeches, journeys or quests, various trials or tests of the hero, similes, metaphors, and divine intervention.

Explanation: In The Odyssey, Homer uses the epic simile differently. First, the later poem has fewer similes, and, for the most part, they do not expand the already vast world of the story. Instead, in The Odyssey, the similes intensify the experience for the reader.