Grammar
Canterbury Tales
The Odyssey
Vocabulary
Literary Devices
100

Is this a sentence or fragment? 

Brought his dog to the park with him.

Fragment 

100

falls in love with Emily

Who is Palamon and Arcite

100

Odysseus's son

Who is Telemachos 

100

True or false: an antonym of "scrutinized" is "examined".

False 

100

A literary term used to identify who is telling the story.

Narrator

200

Is this sentence simple or compound?

Having written his essay on the fall of Rome, Bartamus was ready to take a nap.

Simple 

200

Style of writing

What is poetry

200

Odysseus’s hometown

Where is Ithaca

200

Figurative language: The teacher ran detention like a prison guard.

Simile

200

Part of the plot where the action begins.

Rising action

300

Commas--Fix the sentence: My sister likes vegetables but she likes candy, to.

My sister likes vegetables, but she likes candy too.

300

Author

Who is Geoffey Chaucer

300

kept Odysseus as prisoner

Who is Calypso

300

If your parents think that your grade is unfair, and they argue with your teacher to change it, the grade in question is:

A. Pondered       B. Faltered 

C. Mediated       D. Disputed

Disputed 

300

Defined as the sequence of events in a literary work.

Plot

400

Choose the right word: (we/us)

Students need to stand united. 

We

400
The three temples to the gods

Who is Venus, the goddess of love; Mars, the god of war; and Diana, the goddess of chastity

400

Changed Odysseus into an old man

Who is Athena
400

What is another word for "elation"?

bliss, joy, happiness, excitement 

400

A contradiction between what is expected and what happens in reality or between what is said and what is really meant describes what literary term?

Irony

500

List 3 possessive pronouns.

His, hers, its, ours, theirs, yours, mine

500

The Canterbury Tales takes place

When is the late 14th century

500

In what year or century was The Odyssey originally first printed? 

1488 (15th century)

500

Define "cunning".

Sentence: The thief was very cunning when he robbed the bank.  

Clever and skilled

500

A character that shows many different traits—faults as well as virtues.

A round character

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