Academic Vocabulary
Percy Jackson
Domain Specific Vocabulary
Figurative Language
Are you smarter than a 6th grader?
100

courage; strength

What is nerve?

100

Percy's School 

What is Yancy Academy?

100

The general meaning of something 

What is Gist?

100

A type of figurative language which is used to compare one thing against another using like or as

What is a simile?

100

The 44th President of the United States

Who is Barack Obama?

200

slightly open

What is ajar?

200

Latin teacher, whose name is also Chiron

Who is Mr. Brunner?

200

The ability to understand and share others feelings

What is empathy?

200

A figure of speech that compares two unrelated things, typically by stating that one thing is another

What is a metaphor?

200

Perseverance, Respect, Integrity, Determination, Excellence

What is P.R.I.D.E?

300

a person who listens to other people talk without letting them know


What is eavesdropper?

300
Percy's bestfriend

Who is Grover?

300

The perspective from which the story is told

What is point of view?

300

A figure of speech that which exaggerates the meaning of a sentence

What is a hyperbole?

300

The Principal at HUMS2

Who is Mr. Houston?

400

something that seems real but doesn't really exist

What is hallucination?

400

A Half- Blood

Who is Percy Jackson?

400

A collection of of myths or stories about a specific person, culture, religion or any group with shared beliefs

What is Mythology?

400

A type of figurative language that gives human like characteristics

What is personification?

400

6th grade Dean

Who is Mr. Hunt?

500

to destroy completely

What is pulverize?

500

Sally Jackson 

Who is Percy's mother?

500

Those in which students select the correct or best response from a list provided

What is selected response?

500

A phrase that has no literal meaning to the situation that is describing but implies the facts or story behind it

What is an Idiom?

500

HUMS2 Executive Director

Who is Dr. Procope?

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