This god is known as the "father of the gods"; he fathered several other gods, including Athena, Apollo, and Artemis.
Zeus
100
This is a comparison between two unlike things, not using "like" or "as."
simile
100
Edit the following sentence, if possible:
There isn't no one who will study for the exam.
There isn't anyone who will study for the exam.
There is no one who will study for the exam.
200
This is Odysseus' plan for escaping the Cyclops.
1) get him drunk with wine, 2) stab him in the eye with a wooden stake, 3) ride out of the cave underneath the Cyclops' sheep
200
This is the woman that Romeo loves in the beginning of the play.
Rosaline
200
This goddess is known as the goddess of love and beauty; she was said to have sprung from sea foam
Aphrodite
200
This is a repetition of beginning sounds in a line of poetry.
Alliteration
200
Edit the following sentence, if possible:
I can't hardly hear nothing with the AC blasting like that.
I can't hear anything with the AC blasting like that.
I can hardly hear anything with the AC blasting like that.
I can hear nothing with the AC blasting like that.
300
This is why Odysseus needed to visit the Underworld.
To see Tiresias and figure out how to get home
300
This is how Romeo and Juliet meet.
Romeo sneaks into a Capulet party and has a secret meeting with Juliet in which they kiss twice.
300
This is the goddess of war and wisdom; she was said to have sprung from Zeus' forehead.
Athena
300
This is when an inhuman thing is given human-like characteristics.
Personification
300
Edit the following sentence, if possible:
The kitten jumped in my lap, purring and licking her paws.
The kitten, purring and licking her paws, jumped in my lap.
400
These are the names of the sea monster and the whirlpool.
Scylla and Charybdis
400
DOUBLE JEOPARDY!!! This is what Romeo compares Juliet to in the balcony scene.
Sun, stars, light
400
This god is known as the messenger god; he sent word to Calypso to let Odysseus go back to Ithaca
Hermes
400
This is when a character says something but means something completely different.
Verbal Irony
400
DOUBLE JEOPARDY!!! Edit the following sentence, if possible:
I showed a video of dancing monkeys in my class.
In my class, I showed a video of dancing monkeys.
500
This is how Penelope tricked the suitors.
She told them she would marry when she finished weaving a shroud. She would weave during the day and then unweave every night. She deceived them for two years
500
These are the embarrassing stories the Nurse told about Juliet.
Breastfeeding/earthquake, falling on her face and joking that she would one day "fall on her back."
500
This is the god who fathered Zeus, Hades, Poseidon, and Hera; he ate all of his children because he thought they would overthrow him.
Cronus
500
This is when the text refers to another work of literature, art, history, or mythology.
Allusion
500
Edit the following sentence, if possible.
Waddling and quacking loudly, I picked up the little duckling and set him back in the pond.
I picked up the little duckling, waddling and quacking loudly, and set him back in the pond.