a figure of speech involving the comparison of one thing with another thing of a different kind (e.g. crazy like a fox)
What is a simile?
100
This naughty baby stole some cows from Apollo.
Who is Hermes?
100
In Latin, the word for write or draw is
a)scribo
b)dictum
What is a) scribo?
100
(n.) a distinctive but intangible quality that seems to surround a person
What is aura?
100
A word that describes a verb, an adjective, or an adverb, and that is often used to show time, manner, place, or degree
What is an adverb?
200
a figure of speech in which a word or phrase literally denoting one kind of object or idea is used in place of another to suggest a likeness or analogy between them (as in drowning in money)
What is a metaphor?
200
This beautiful, fierce warrior is the goddess of both wisdom and war.
Who is Athena?
200
Amorous in English means being in love.
To love in Latin is:
a) amō
b) sciō
c) kickō
What is a) amō?
200
(n.) a guiding principle
What is dictate?
200
A word (such as jump, think, happen, or exist ) that is usually one of the main parts of a sentence and that expresses an action, an occurrence, or a state of being
What is a verb?
300
The use of words that begin with the same sound near one another (as in wild and wooly or a babbling brook)
What is alliteration?
300
This goddess accidentally ate some pomegranate seeds and we have winter as a result.
Who is Persephone?
300
The word library comes from this
Latin word for book
a) librum
b) bookum
c) videō
What is a) librum?
300
(adj.) angered at something unjust or wrong.
What is indignant?
300
A word that names a person, animal, place, thing, quality, idea, or action
What is a noun?
400
The series of events that form the story in a novel, movie, etc.
What is plot?
400
This hero was so dumb that his desire for some wine caused his best friend’s death.
Who is Hercules?
400
The Greek word tele, as in telephone, means:
a) to call
b) far away
c) communication
What is b) far away?
400
(v.) to delay or be late in coming
What is to tarry?
400
A word or group of words that is used with a noun, pronoun, or noun phrase to show direction, location, or time, or to introduce an object (e.g. in, on, at, to)
What is a preposition?
500
the main subject or idea that is being discussed or described in a novel, short story, or poem
What is theme?
500
In Greek, the word geo, as in geography, means:
a) map
b) country
c) land
What is c) land?
500
(v.) to scold
What is upbraid?
500
A word used with a noun to limit or give definiteness to the application (e.g. a, an, the)