Vocab
A group of words taken from a text or speech and repeated by someone other than the original author or speaker.
What is evidence?
The God of the sky and thunder.
Who is Zeus?
Main character of Number the Stars (first and last name required).
Who is Annemarie Johansen?
Compares two things using "like" or "as".
What is a simile?
Person, place, thing, or idea.
What is a noun?
A statement that is put forward to prove something. Usually contains at least 2 claims.
What is a thesis?
Creature that is half bull and half man.
Who is the minotaur?
Percy's two companions on his quest.
Who are Grover and Annabeth?
Compares two things NOT using like or as.
What is a metaphor?
Action words.
What are verbs?
The most intense, exciting, and important part of a story. (Think plot diagram)
What is the climax?
These mythological figures help determine the life of a human (when they are born, how long they live, and when they die).
Who are the fates?
The name of the ranch that Esperanza grew up on.
What is El Ranchos de las Rosas?
Giving human traits to an object or animal.
What is personification?
Examples are: slowly, quickly, thoughtfully, and often.
What are adverbs?
To examine in detail the structure of something (especially information), typically for the purpose of explanation.
The Greek God of wine, fruit and vegetation?
Who is Dionysus?
The names of the evil uncles in Esperanza Rising?
Who are Tio Luis and Tio Marco?
The metaphor in this sentences compares which two things:
My grandmother is an angel because she makes cookies whenever I go over.
What are grandmother and angel?
Examples: yellow, fun, enormous, and fluffy.
What are adjectives?
The act of creating and describing characters in literature.
What is characterization?
The husband of Aphrodite and God of blacksmiths and craftsmen.
Who is Hephaestus?
How did Lise Johansen (Annemarie's sister) die?
What is in a car crash?
What is being personified in the following sentence:
The stars danced in the midnight sky.
What is the stars dancing?
Word or group of words that are used before a noun or pronoun to show direction, time or location.
Examples: in, above, about, and after.
What are prepositions?