Myths and Misfits
This mythological hero was famous for his incredible strength and completing 12 difficult labors.
Answer: Hercules
This Greek hero traveled home for 10 years after the Trojan War...
Answer: Odysseus
Which virtue means doing what is right and fair?
Answer: What is justice
In the sentence: “The classroom was as quiet as a library,” what figurative language is used? Explain your answer.
Answer: simile
Explanation: It is a simile because it compares two things using “as” (classroom and library).
What do students say right before a test begins?
Answer: “I didn’t study for this” or" I need more time to study"
This hero had a weak spot on his heel
Answer: Achilles
This playwright wrote Romeo and Juliet.
Answer: William Shakespeare
Which virtue means controlling your desires and actions?
Answer: What is temperance?
In the sentence: “The wind whispered through the trees,” what figurative language is used? Explain your answer.
Answer: personification
Explanation: It is personification because the wind is given a human action (whispering).
What is the most powerful sound in school?
Answer: the final bell
This “misfit” from Greek mythology flew too close to the sun with wings made of wax.
Answer:
Icarus
This fantasy series by C. S. Lewis begins when four children discover a magical world through a wardrobe.
Answer:
The Chronicles of Narnia
Which virtue means doing the right thing even when it is difficult?
Answer: fortitude (courage)
In the sentence: “Time is a thief that steals our moments,” what figurative language is used? Explain your answer.
Answer: a metaphor
Explanation: It is a metaphor because time is directly compared to a thief without using like or as.
What is the fastest way for a classroom to get quiet?
Answer:
Answer: When the teacher stopping mid-sentence and staring?
This mythological hero was famous for his incredible strength and completing 12 difficult labors.
Answer: Hercules
This young girl followed a white rabbit into a strange and silly world.
Answer: Alice
Which virtue is shown you, as a student keeps working faithfully even when a task is boring, difficult, or takes a long time to finish?
Answer: fortitude
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In the sentence: “The bees buzzed loudly in the garden,” what figurative language is used? Explain your answer.
Answer: onomatopoeia
Explanation: It is onomatopoeia because the word “buzzed” sounds like the sound it describes.
What usually disappears the fastest in a classroom during the school year?
Answer: pencils
Name one famous mythological character whose flaw or bad decision caused major trouble. Explain briefly.
Question:
Name one famous mythological character whose flaw or bad decision cau
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Name one epic poem students study in TCS this school year?
Answer: Possible answers:
Name one way a student can practice virtue in school life.
Answer: Examples:
In the sentence: “I’m so hungry I could eat a horse,” what figurative language is used? Explain your answer.
Answer: hyperbole
Explanation: It is hyperbole because it is an exaggeration not meant to be taken literally.
What frozen summer treat is often eaten on a stick?
Answer: a popsicle