Who said it?
Greek Gods
Figures of Speech
Academic Vocabulary
Argumentative Writing
100

“A plague on both your houses”

Mercutio

100

The goddess who watches over Odysseus

Athena

100

The monster takes a tentative puff and smiles hugely, saying, “Smoke – gooood,” and sits back  LIKE A BANKER, grunting and puffing.

simile
100

An eyewitness account is known as what kind of source?

Primary Source

100

The position one takes on a topic, particularly one that can have two opposing viewpoints

claim

200

"Good God, Zaroff, What you speak of is murder"

Rainsford

200

God Zeus sent to Calypso to demand the release of Odysseus

Hermes

200

“Feather of lead, bright smoke, cold fire, sick health,
Still-waking sleep that is not what it is!”

Oxymoron

200

an account of someone's life written by another person

biography

200
A sentence in the introductory paragraph that states the writer's claim concerning a topic

thesis statement

300

“I continued, as was my wont, to smile in his face, and he did not perceive that my smile now was at the thought of his immolation.”

Montresor

300

The god of the cattle that Odysseus's men butchered and consumed

Helios

300

" the dank tropical night that was palpable as it pressed its thick warm blackness in upon the yacht."

Imagery

300

a group of words with a subject and a verb that does not express a complete thought

dependent clause
300

The opposing viewpoint of an author's position or claim about a topic

counterclaim

400

“My name is Nobody.”

Odysseus

400
A minor goddess who holds Odysseus captive for seven years

Calypso

400

white web-work which gleams from these cavern walls”

Alliteration

400

a long speech made by a character in a play usually while other characters onstage are listening

monologue

400
the part of argumentative writing that supports the author's claim

reasons

500

“Did my heart love till now? forswear it, sight! For I ne’er saw true beauty till this night.”

Romeo

500

The father of Polyphemus

Poseidon

500
Odysseus, Son of Laertes"

Epithet

500

a text that describes, interprets, evaluates and analyzes information from other sources

secondary source

500

The part of argumentative writing that support the reasons of a claim

details

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