Parts of Speech
Academic Vocabulary
Hatshepsut
The Lightning Thief
Perseus
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The part of speech that "charm" is in the following stanza:

I've got a magic charm
That I keep up my sleeve
I can walk the ocean floor
And never have to breathe.

What is a noun?

1

What a piece of writing is mostly about

what is a central idea?
1

This Tuthmosis was Hatshepsut's Father

Who is Tuthmosis I?

1

Percy's mother used to have the family eat this color of food.

What is blue?

1

The foe that Perseus must kill for Athene.

Who is Medusa?

2

The part of speech that "royal" is in the following sentence:

"But like his father, he could grow up to be pharaoh if he married a princess of the royal blood"

What is an adjective?

2

A conclusion that is reached based on evidence and reasoning

What is an inference?

2

This Tuthmosis was the stepson of Hatshepsut

Who is Tuthmosis III?

2

Percy hallucinated that he did this to his math teacher.

What is "slashed him in two"?

2

The myth of Perseus comes from an ancient ____ story.

What is Greek?

3

The part of speech that is "economy" in the following

"They hope that the increase in spending and investment will boost the economy."

What is a noun

3

The way an author organizes information in a text

what is text structure?

3

Hatshepsut served in this role before becoming Pharoah

What is a regent?

3

Percy is worried that if he goes to this place, he may never see his mother again.

What is summer camp?

3

Heroes Every Child Should Know: Perseus was written in this literary time period.

What is the Romantic Period?

4

The part of speech that "document" is in the following sentence:

"Their mission is to travel to active volcanoes and document the eruptions."


What is a verb?

4

This word means a section of text pulled from a larger body.

What is a excerpt?

4

The regent would have to be someone familiar with palace life and _______. 

What is protocol?

4

Percy feels this word, meaning bitterness or anger, towards his father for going on an ocean voyage.

What is "resentment" or "resented"

4

Athena gives Perseus a shield made of this material so he can look at Medusa indirectly.

What is polished brass?

5

The part of speech that "outright" is in the following sentence:

I had always assumed he knew me as a baby. My mom never said it outright, but still, I’d felt it must be true.

What is an adverb?

5

This word means "characterized by constant change", or "going from one thing to the other"

What is dynamic?
5

The definition of coronation in this passage:

Within a few years of his coronation, Hatshepsut’s husband had died.

What is the ceremony of crowning a sovereign or a sovereign's consort.

5

In the story, Percy says "She did have a _______ streak, like me."

What is Rebellious?

5

Three three grey sisters have but one ____ and one ____ between them.

what is one eye and one tooth?

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