Percy Jackson Characters
Percy Jackson story
Persuasive Essay
Editing and Revising
Wild Card
100
Who is the protagonist of the novel?
Percy Jackson
100
What was is one of the abilities of being the son of Poseidon?
Healing abilities, controlling water, etc.
100
What is the purpose of a persuasive essay?
Convincing someone to agree with you on a debatable topic.
100
What is the difference between editing and revising?
Editing= Technical (Dough) Revising= Style (Toppings)
100
What should you do with your bag/backpack during semester exams?
Do not bring them to school. (Goes to AP for search/storage during the day)
200
Who is Percy's dad?
Posideon
200
Who are the three people on the quest?
Percy, Annabeth, Grover
200
What is the position statement of a persuasive essay?
The side of the argument you are on/your stance on the topic.
200
What process is used to correct spelling/punctuation errors?
Editing
200
What is a synonym?
Two words that have the same meaning.
300
Who are two characters that want to kill Percy Jackson?
Zeus and Hades
300
Why does Sally Jackson stay with Gabe Ugliano?
Gabe's smell helps to hide Percy's scent from monsters and protects him.
300
What are three appeals you can use to explain/make your argument?
Ethos, Pathos, Logos.
300
What are two things that can be changed during revising?
Word choice, sentence variety, adding description.
300
If we don’t know a word and don’t have a dictionary, how can we find the meaning?
Use the words/sentences around the word. Context Clues
400
In the book who tells Percy that his ADHD is so that he can fight in battle?
Annabeth Chase
400
Why does Luke decide to help Percy and his quest?
Luke decides to help Percy so that he can take Zeus lightning bolt to Hades and start a war among the Greek gods.
400
Explain why/why not this position statement is effective: Cell phones can be good or bad depending on the situation.
Not effective
400
What type of sentence is the following: I love to write essays I would write them everyday if I could.
Run on
400
What is the difference between an expository essay and a persuasive essay?
Expository= Explaining, directions, describing Persuasive= convincing
500
Who is the lightning thief?
Luke
500
Why they make Percy the son of Poseidon in the book?
In the original mythology Perseus is the son of Zeus but Percy is not the original is named in honor of Perseus.
500
Why is learning how to write and speak persuasively important?
Answers will vary
500
What is a fragment?
A clause or phase that isn’t a complete sentence. (When you finally take the test)
500
What should you do if you want to redeem credits or get ahead on credits?
Go to summer school
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