Daily Literary Quote
"The ode lives upon the ideal, the epic upon the grandiose, the drama upon the real." - Victor Hugo Journal Prompt What comes to mind when you hear the word "epic"? What are some things that you consider epic? What would you consider an epic movie (besides Epic Movie). How might these compare with a literary Epic?
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Joe
9/20/2018 10:07:21 am
What comes to mind when I hear epic is something really cool like a bad a diesel truck or dirt bike. For an epic movie I would say blue mountain state.
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Konner
9/20/2018 10:10:21 am
Blue mountain state is epic
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Jennifer
9/20/2018 10:17:26 am
I think the geo is pretty epic.
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Nate
9/20/2018 10:18:43 am
The geo definitely is epic
Nick
9/20/2018 10:17:52 am
That’s epic
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Katelyn
9/20/2018 10:08:52 am
I think of epic as in outstanding music, specifically intense movie soundtracks. I consider fantasy or adventure movies epic because they’re usually filled with excitement and intensity. I consider Avatar an epic movie. It compares to literacy epic because the action we see in the movie can be transferred from the descriptive actions written in text. We see the words intensify through music and pictures.
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Sarah
9/20/2018 10:11:25 am
I hadn’t thought about music that way but now what you mention it I agree.
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Will
9/20/2018 10:12:45 am
Avatar is a cool and epic movie
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Hailey Jo
9/20/2018 10:25:07 am
I agree, Avatar was and still is epic
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Nate
9/20/2018 10:09:04 am
Epic means to me really cool and awesome. Diesel trucks and guns are pretty epic. Jackass is a pretty epic movie. An epic is like a poem and these have nothing to do with a poem.
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Konner
9/20/2018 10:11:48 am
Guns are pretty epic
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Sarah
9/20/2018 10:12:31 am
You could create a poem that connects those things
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Nick
9/20/2018 10:13:09 am
That’s pretty epic
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Aimee
9/20/2018 10:15:40 am
You could make a poem about guns, though.
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Jennifer
9/20/2018 10:19:17 am
Nice. Although I don’t know why you didn’t say chickens were epic too since you have such a connection with yours.
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Sarah
9/20/2018 10:09:10 am
I think of something awesome but on a higher scale. I would describe skydiving or rock climbing epic. The movie divergent is epic.
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Katelyn
9/20/2018 10:16:20 am
Divergent is a great movie, a good comparison.
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Konner
9/20/2018 10:09:16 am
Awesomeness, trucks and horns, dances with wolves
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Joe
9/20/2018 10:11:15 am
I agree with you finding bone is pretty epic.
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Nate
9/20/2018 10:11:41 am
Trucks are pretty awesome
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Say men Clifton
9/20/2018 10:10:08 am
I consider Epic things like really good books movie or acts that gets my attention real well with many interesting stories and characters. The thing that comes to my mind when I hear the word epic is Movies.
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Aimee
9/20/2018 10:19:30 am
What’s a movie that you think is epic?
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Will
9/20/2018 10:10:32 am
I think that when a basketball player does a game winning shot or a cool dunk. I think that an epic movie is bad grandpa.
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Nick heble
9/20/2018 10:10:48 am
When I hear epic I think of something awesome. An epic movie is Hot Rod it relates to a literary epic because they can both be awesome.
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Brandon Westfall
9/20/2018 10:11:16 am
Epic is something amazing or impossible. An epic movie would Journey to the Center of the Earth
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Connor
9/20/2018 10:18:43 am
That movie is pretty good
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Cherish
9/20/2018 10:12:37 am
Something that comes to my mind when I hear the word “epic” is anything out of the ordinary or amazing. Some things that I consider epic are teachers, books, and being able to push yourself to your limits. An epic movie to me would be ‘4 Minute Mile’ because the main character pushes himself to be better than what he ever thought possible. A book could compare to a literary epic because they both tell stories. A teacher could relate because they teach about all of the epics in literature and other subjects.
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Kelsey
9/20/2018 10:16:29 am
I never would have thought about that.
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Katelyn
9/20/2018 10:17:59 am
I like how you description of epic is something out of the ordinary. ‘4 Minute Mile’ sounds like an interesting movie.
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Aimee
9/20/2018 10:13:17 am
When I hear epic, I think of an entertaining and exciting story. I would consider danger and drama to be epic. I think Neighbors is an epic movie because it’s full of drama and keeps you entertained through the whole movie. I think movies are very similar to literary epics because they both contain certain elements that make them epic.
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Kayla
9/20/2018 10:15:22 am
Something epic can be a story I never really thought about it that way.
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Cherish
9/20/2018 10:15:40 am
I agree that movies relate to literary elements in that sense. Being able to stay entertained and hooked the whole movie is definitely epic.
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Alexis Anderson
9/20/2018 10:21:29 am
Would you consider ‘Neighbors’ a comical epic or something else?
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Hailey Jo
9/20/2018 10:24:16 am
Neighbors is definitely epic
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Kayla
9/20/2018 10:13:46 am
Something that comes to mind when I hear the word epic would be something amazing. Some things that I consider epic would views from a mountain, what some people can do, some sites and pictures, and how things are done. An epic movie I think of is Spider-Man. It kind of compares with the literary use of epic because it is about a hero.
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Brook
9/20/2018 10:13:57 am
When I hear the word epic I think of something that’s very memorable. Some things you could consider an epic could be a poem, a work of art, and a movie. A movie that can be considered an epic is the Titanic
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Kayla
9/20/2018 10:16:29 am
Yeah it really depends on how you look at the word.
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Cherish
9/20/2018 10:16:52 am
The movie Titanic is for sure epic. I like how you thought of something memorable as being epic.
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Alexis Anderson
9/20/2018 10:22:55 am
What are some works of art that you think are epic?
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Kelsey
9/20/2018 10:14:29 am
Something above and beyond extra. Sometime things that people do can be epic. An epic movie that came to mind was ‘ little shop of horrors’. I have no idea how they could compare.
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Jennifer Auwen
9/20/2018 10:14:54 am
When I hear the work epic I think of something extrodinary. Some things I would consider epic would be sky didivng, cliff jumping, things that would get ones Adrenalin going. An epic movie would be Why Him?
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Robyn
9/20/2018 10:16:01 am
Something that is awesome, or amazing, or legendary, depending on how it’s used. I don’t really watch movies a lot, so I don’t have a very big pallet to choose from, but I think Jurassic Park might be considered epic. Both a literary epic and Jurassic Park are thrilling.
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Kiana Farnworth
9/20/2018 10:16:08 am
When I hear the word epic I think of adventure, passion and sacrifice. In every epic tale the story seems larger than life. Any book that I love I find epic in an exterodinary way. It feels as if the characters in the story have more purpose in their life than I feel in mine. I would consider Titanic an epic movie. I feel like both Titanic and literary epics are similar in that they are both self sacrificing in a heroic way.
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Kelsey
9/20/2018 10:18:49 am
I like the way you said this.
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Alexis Anderson
9/20/2018 10:16:29 am
The word “Epic”, to me, means extensive and glorious and for some reason the only movie that comes to mind is ‘Gladiator’ or ‘The 300’. There’s so much visual gore and the plots are over and above dramatic to me. I would consider an adrenaline rush epic, like bungee jumping or finally getting a trophy animal. The term “Epic” usually means memorable in literary formats.
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Connor born
9/20/2018 10:16:45 am
When I think of epic I think of like a rock and roll concert. Some things I consider epic are those fail videos, fast cars and intense movies. A movie I think is epic is the Star Wars movies.
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James
9/20/2018 10:18:59 am
Fascinating..
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James
9/20/2018 10:17:01 am
When I hear epic, I think of something that’s cool like trucks or dirt bikes. An epic movie would be Star Wars. A literary epic is a story of a hero.
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Connor
9/20/2018 10:18:13 am
Fascinating
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Hailey Jo
9/20/2018 10:18:31 am
I think of snowboarding/skiing with my cousins. An epic movie would be considered Star Wars. A literary Epic is a poem.
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