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he tells it to the sun god so he can go back home

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Q: Why does Odysseus tell his story in a flashback?
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What line signals Odysseus flashback to the past where he beings telling the story of his adventures?

Lines 29/31 signal Odysseus' flashback to the past, where he begins telling the story of his adventures.


A flashback interrupts a story to?

a. tell about something in the past.


What line signals Odysseus flashback to the past where he begins telling the story of his adventures?

Lines 29/31


What line signals Odysseus' flashback to the past where he begins telling the story of his adventure?

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What lines signals Odysseus's flashback to the past where he begins telling the story of his adventures?

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What is it called when the narrator goes back in time to tell the story?

a flashback


What literary term is used by the narrator to tell the story of the house of the gables?

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How is The Odyssey a frame story?

There are multiple narrators: The bard tells the story of odysseus, while odysseus tell his story to king alcinous.


Book 1 of the Odyssey begins with A an explanation of how the Trojan War started B the invocation in which the poet asks for inspiration from the muse to tell the story of Odysseus?

B. The invocation in which the poet asks for inspiration from the muse to tell the story of Odysseus.


Why does Odysseus begin to tell the phaeacians his story?

so that he can get home


How is a flashback used in the plot of a story?

It isn't used in a well-written story! A flashback is a technique to tell something that happened before the story started, but there are better ways of doing it. A better technique is to sprinkle bits of exposition into the action of the story so that the reader ends up with the right information without disrupting the story with a flashback.


How would the writer of an epic tell what happened before the story had began?

The writer could use a flashback.