Oedipus Rex
The Odyssey
Nouns
Pronouns
Adjectives
100
This is the city of which Oedipus is king.
What is Thebes?
100
This is the epic hero, or main character, of The Odyssey. (You must pronounce it correctly!)
Who is Odysseus?
100
What is/are the noun(s) in the following sentence? The students were required to bring in one notebook and one 3-ring binder.
students, notebook, binder
100
What is/are the pronoun(s) in the following sentence? Mrs. Spence did not tell us her first name.
us, her
100
What is/are the adjective(s) in the following sentence? Teachers just love casual Fridays.
casual
200
This is the blind prophet who told Oedipus that he was the murderer of king Laius.
Who is Tiresias?
200
This was the author of The Odyssey.
Who is Homer?
200
What is/are the noun(s) in the following sentence? We do not have to carry our giant English textbooks in our backpacks.
textbooks, backpacks
200
What is/are the pronoun(s) in the following sentence? The cat hurt its paw when it tripped over the fence.
its, it
200
What is/are the adjective(s) in the following sentence? The sparkling water glinted in the brilliant sunshine.
sparkling, brilliant
300
This was the riddle of the Sphinx.
What walks on four legs in the morning, two legs in the afternoon, and three legs in the evening? A man
300
DOUBLE JEOPARDY!!! This is what happens when you eat a Lotus flower.
What is you forget about home?
300
Give two examples of proper nouns.
Waynesboro, Terance, Waynesboro High School, Kentucky, Mr. Teachey
300
What is/are the pronoun(s) in the following sentence? She forgot to give them their homework assignment.
She, them, their
300
DOUBLE JEOPARDY!!! What is/are the adjective(s) in the following sentence? The Waynesboro High School cheerleaders did a great job on Friday night.
Waynesboro High School, great, Friday
400
Name two things that were happening in Thebes at the opening of the play.
What is crops were dying, miscarriages, sickness, death, livestock was dying?
400
This is how Odysseus escaped the Cyclops' cave.
What is he got the Cyclops drunk with wine, he sharpened an olive tree as a spike, stabbed him in the eye, hid underneath the Cyclops' sheep, and rode out under them when the Cyclops opened the cave door.
400
Give three examples of compound nouns.
firehouse, treehouse, notebook
400
Give two examples of demonstrative pronouns.
This, that, these, those
400
What is/are the adjective(s) in the following sentence? The next football game should be really interesting.
football, interesting
500
This is the reason that Jocasta didn't believe in prophesies.
She had a prophecy given to her which said that she would have a son who would kill her husband. To prevent it from coming true, she pinned her firstborn son's feet together, and left him on Mount Cithaeron to die. Because she believed her son to be dead, and her husband's death had nothing to do with her son, she thought that prophecies could be false, or at least avoided.
500
Define epic simile.
What is a long simile lasting several lines that compares two unlike things using the words "so," and "just so" to make the object or action seem more heroic or powerful?
500
Give two examples of abstract nouns.
democracy, liberty, love, peace, thoughts
500
Give two examples of indefinite pronouns.
Someone, anyone, anybody
500
What is/are the adjective(s) in the following sentence? The apple pie was so delicious that he asked for seconds.
Apple, delicious
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