Fiction
Greek and Latin Roots
Figurative Language
Vocabulary
Greek Mythology
100

Rhyme Scheme of this Poem:

I want to eat some pizza,

Not just a slice or two, 

I’m hungry as a giant, 

A whole pizza might do.

What is ABCB?

100

Based on the words inspector, spectator, and spectacles, the root spect means...

What is to see?

100

A comparison of two things using the words like or as

What is a simile?

100
A word that means not often.

What is seldom?

100

Who are the "big three" gods in Greek mythology?

Who is Zeus, Hades and Poseidon?

200

The message or lesson of a story.

What is the theme?

200

Based on the words photograph and photosynthesis what do you think the root photo means?

What is light?

200

A direct comparison of two things without using the words like or as

What is a metaphor?

200

A city or town law

What is an ordinance?

200

A half man and half horse.

What is a centaur?

300

A group of lines in a poem

What is a stanza?

300

Based on the words: tractor, attract and traction... the root tract means...

What is to pull?

300

Giving a nonhuman object human qualities

What is personification?

300

A trick that is used to attract attention or business

What is a gimmick?

300

A half man half goat.

What is a satyr?

400

This point of view is told from a narrator outside of the story using words like"he, she or they"

What is 3rd person point of view?

400

Based on the words autograph, automatic, and autobiography... the root auto means...

What is self?

400

An extreme exaggeration 

What is a hyperbole?

400

to water down

What is dilute?

400

Turned Medusa into the snake lady monster.

Who is Athena?

500

Fluffy and Cottontail sat enjoying a few delicious, crunchy carrots together. “Thanks for sharing the carrots with me,” Fluffy said before taking another big bite. “Isn’t that what friends are for?” replied Cottontail, smiling at his friend. The two rabbits were very close companions and did almost everything together.


What is the theme of this passage?

What is: A true friend is someone you can share your life with?

500

Based on the words deformed, nonconformist, and transform... the root form means...

What is to shape?

500

A statement you can't take literally

What is an idiom?

500

a person that you know slightly but not very well

What is an acquaintance?

500

This is the number of Olympians on the council. 

What is 12?

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