Vocabulary
TLT
Figurative Language
100

Another word for perspective

Point-of-view

100

This is the name of the boarding school for troubled kids that Percy attends at the beginning of the book.

Yancy Academy

100

She moved like a cat is an example of?

A simile

200

Reading books on a topic to find out more information

Research reading

200

Who nursed Percy back to health

Annabeth

200

An exaggerated statement not meant to be taken literally

Hyperbole

300

Language that is not meant to be interpreted literally

figurative language

300

The Kindly Ones are really called:

The Furies

300

There was a cascade of thwacking sounds, like forty pieces of paper being ripped one after the other.

Simile 

400

Give a short and comprehensive statement of what has been previously stated

Summary 

400

At the end of the capture-the-flag game, a holographic trident appears above Percy's head, claiming him as the son of this Olympian god.

Poseidon

400

In Chapter 1, Percy uses this literary device to describe his teacher Mr. Brunner, calling him a "one-man security guard" for the museum.

metaphor

500

To understand and share or take into account the feelings, situation, or attitude of others.

Empathy

500

This special healing drink given to Percy at Camp Half-Blood tastes exactly like his mom’s homemade chocolate chip cookies.

Nectar or Ambrosia

500

In Chapter 4, during the intense storm on the beach, Percy uses this type of figurative language when he describes the wind "howling" and the waves "slamming" into the sand as if they were angry.

personification

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