Academic Vocabulary
courage; strength
What is nerve?
Percy's School
What is Yancy Academy?
The general meaning of something
What is Gist?
A type of figurative language which is used to compare one thing against another using like or as
What is a simile?
The 44th President of the United States
Who is Barack Obama?
slightly open
What is ajar?
Latin teacher, whose name is also Chiron
Who is Mr. Brunner?
The ability to understand and share others feelings
What is empathy?
A figure of speech that compares two unrelated things, typically by stating that one thing is another
What is a metaphor?
Perseverance, Respect, Integrity, Determination, Excellence
What is P.R.I.D.E?
a person who listens to other people talk without letting them know
What is eavesdropper?
Who is Grover?
The perspective from which the story is told
What is point of view?
A figure of speech that which exaggerates the meaning of a sentence
What is a hyperbole?
The Principal at HUMS2
Who is Mr. Houston?
something that seems real but doesn't really exist
What is hallucination?
A Half- Blood
Who is Percy Jackson?
A collection of of myths or stories about a specific person, culture, religion or any group with shared beliefs
What is Mythology?
A type of figurative language that gives human like characteristics
What is personification?
6th grade Dean
Who is Mr. Hunt?
to destroy completely
What is pulverize?
Sally Jackson
Who is Percy's mother?
Those in which students select the correct or best response from a list provided
What is selected response?
A phrase that has no literal meaning to the situation that is describing but implies the facts or story behind it
What is an Idiom?
HUMS2 Executive Director
Who is Dr. Procope?