Metaphorically Speaking
Inequalities
Literal and Linear
The Odyssey
Vocab
100
What type of Figurative language is:
“Cause I get a thousand hugs / From ten thousand lightning bugs / As they tried to teach me how to dance”
Either Personification: lightning bugs do not hug us nor do they teach us dancing
Hyperbole: a thousand hugs is an exaggeration
100
What does the following mean?
Less than or equal to.
100
5x + 20 = 35
x = 3
100
The name of the island where Odysseus's men refused to leave.
Island of the Lotus Eaters
100
A word for robbing/stealing
plunder
200
What type of Figurative language is:
“Baby, you’re a firework.”
Metaphor: The comparison between a person and a firework indicating that the person is bright/lively .
200
What animal do we say to pretend the inequality sign may be?
Alligator or Crocodile
200
12p - 18 = 30
p = 4
200
The name of the war where we first read of Odysseus.
The Trojan War
200
To greedily overeat
Glutton
300
What type of Figurative language is:
"Clap along if you feel like a room without a roof"
Simile -- you and a room without a roof are being compared using "like".
For extra points--explain what this simile means.
300
What does this image mean?
The top is the first cupcake is less that than the second cupcake.
The bottom is the first pizza is greater than the second pizza.
300
2x - 10 = -4x + 14
x = 4
300
The reason why Odysseus ends up on Cyclops Island
A storm blows their ship off course
300
A person who is quick to argue.
Quarrelsome
400
What type of figurative language is this:
"Now you get to watch her leave out the window, guess that's why they call it 'Window pane'. "
This is a "pun". The person is in pain watching his significant other leave from the window, and a window pane is what holds the window in place.
400
What is one solution for each?
Top (Anything less than 5)
Bottom (Any number -3 or greater)
400
-x + 3 = 9
10
x = -120
400
The 3 items Odysseus takes onto the island.
12 strong men, wine/liquor, provisions
400
The 9 daughters of Zeus who inspire the arts and sciences
Muse
500
What type of figurative language is this:
"out of the blue"
Idiom, out of the blue is a phrase that cannot be taken literally because out of the blue means from nowhere, but to be out of the blue literally does not.
500
k > 29
500
What is the difference between literal and linear equations?
Linear equations contain 1 variable, literal equations contain multiple variables
500
Why does Odysseus lie to the cyclops about his boat?
The cyclops was angry that Odysseus said he had to help him and was likely going to destroy his ship.
500
To violently steal
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