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Epic conventions are stories that

1. begin in the middle of things and have flashbacks to explain story

2. have prayers to gods recited by the poet before the story is told

3. statement of theme where poet announces main idea

4. have epithets, which are repetition of names , ex: Richard was a famous actor Richard's daughter Annie taught English to a producer from Germany. Remember that her father was Richard, and he had been an actor. (they help us recognize who is doing what)

5. have catalogues, which are lists of characters

6. have speeches, usually made by characters

7. have Gods interventions(interferences) ... normally interfering in human affairs to help humans

8. have epic digressions (repitition of part of story told before so they don't forget it: usually digression's retold parts relate to part that speaker is about to tell)

9. have settings (usually whole world)

10. have epic similes, which arelong comparisons of two different things and how they are similar (description)

11. Values of civilization (VERY IMPORTANT!): idol for people of that culture and other cultures, hero often has superhuman traits, and hero also has impressive qualities.

~Epic Conventions are stories told by speakers. All epic conventions usually relate somehow with each other. For ex: story of Joseph relates to story of JAcob because Joseph was Jacob's son...~

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