Setting
Setting creates the...
mood
You wouldn’t think he’d be cool, but he told stories and jokes and let us play games in class- DIRECT OR INDIRECT
Indirect through his actions
What did the Oracle tell ANNABETH that she needed to wait for before she went on a quest?
Wait for the "one"
Who is in the pit?
Hermes is the god of...
thieves and travelers
WHAT MOOD DOES THIS CREATE? "Now imagine a field a million times that big, packed with people, and imagine the electricity has gone out, and there is no noise, no light, no beach ball bouncing around over the crowd. Something tragic has happened backstage. Whispering masses of people are just milling around in the shadows, waiting for a concert that will never start"
awkward, depressing, gloomy
Grover was an easy target. He was scrawny. DIRECT OR INDIRECT
Direct
What is Percy's opinion of himself at the beginning of the book?
He is a troubled, no-confidence kid
How does Poseidon react towards Percy?
Says he is sorry he was every born, but he is still his son
answers vary
WHAT MOOD DOES THIS CREATE? It was a suite with three separate bedrooms and a bar stocked with candy, sodas, and chips. A hotline to room service. Fluffy towels and water beds with feather pillows. A big-screen television with satellite and high-speed Internet. The balcony had its own hot tub, and sure enough, there was a skeet-shooting machine and a shotgun, so you could launch clay pigeons right out over the Las Vegas skyline and plug them with your gun. I didn’t see how that could be legal, but I thought it was pretty cool. The view over the Strip and the desert was amazing, though I doubted we’d ever find time to look at the view with a room like this.
exciting, fun, happiness
He wore leather sandals, khaki Bermuda shorts, and a Tommy Bahama shirt with coconuts and parrots all over it.
Indirect through Physical Appearance
What reason does Annabeth give for Percy having ADHD?
It’s helps his reflexes in battle
What did the woman in the water warn Percy about?
Don't trust the gifts
What is a trial?
helps the hero train
I was standing on a narrow stone walkway in the middle of the air. Below me was Manhattan, from the height of an airplane. In front of me, white marble steps wound up the spine of a cloud, into the sky. My eyes followed the stairway to its end, where my brain just could not accept what I saw.
intimidating, awesome
“I could feel the heat from the monster’s breath. I was terrified, but I didn’t back down.”
Indirect through his actions
Why did Annabeth tell Percy to stand in the water after he got injured?
It healed him
Why didn't Hades want a war?
Too many dead people, not enough money
What is the purpose of a myth?
explain natural causes
I figured maybe it was global warming or something, because the weather all across New York state had been weird since Christmas. We’d had massive snow storms, flooding, wildfires from lightning strikes. I wouldn’t have been surprised if this was a hurricane blowing in.
something is wrong, foreboding, foreshadowing
“Clarisse always had a scowl on her face, like she was ready for a fight.”
Indirect through her appearance/reactions of others
Why does Percy believe he has dyslexia?
His brain is hardwired for Ancient Greek
How did Percy fail to save what matters most?
Letting his mom save herself from Gabe
So many of them were never written down when they were first shared.