Question

Match the following terms with their definitions:
1. bard
2. digress
to call on, as a deity or spirit, for
inspiration or as an authority or support
for some action or argument
an oral poet of antiquity, also called
a rhapsode
to depart temporarily from a main
subject in order to focus on a related
matter
3. epithet
4. invoke
a descriptive adjective or phrase
that is used to characterize the nature of
someone or something
a long narrative poem that tells the
life of a heroic or mythological person
5. epic

Answer 1

Answer:

1. Bard

A descriptive adjective or phrase

that is used to characterize the nature of someone or something

2. Digress

To depart temporarily from a main

subject in order to focus on a related matter.

3. Epithet

An oral poet of antiquity, also called a rhapsode.

4. Invoke

To call on, as a deity or spirit, for

inspiration or as an authority or support for some action or argument.

5. Epic

A long narrative poem that tells the life of a heroic or mythological person.