Figurative Lang.
Master of Vocabulary
Writing CER's
The Lightning Thief
Homework
100

A comparison between 2 unlikely things using the words "like" or "as"

What is a simile?

100

a fictitious name, usually used by an author

What is a pseudonym?

100
The strategy you use when starting to write a Claim.

What is TTQA?

100

Who are Percy's 2 antagonists in chapter 1?

Who is Nancy Bobofit and Mrs. Dodds?

100

3 Headed dog that guards the underworld

Who is Cerberus?

200

Giving human traits to non human things

What is personification?

200

A tool with a long curved blade, usually used for cutting crops. 

What is a scythe?

200
" In the text it states" can be found in...

What is the evidence?

200

When Percy eavesdrops on Mr. Brunner and Grover's conversation, he refers to a "kindly one";  he's talking about....

Who is Mrs. Dodds?

200

Monster with 9 heads that can regrow each head

What is the Hydra?

300

"His eyes were burning coals." (Page 50)

What is a metaphor?

300
a dark figure against a light backdrop
What is a silhouette?
300

"This shows" or "This proves" are examples of....

what is a transition phrase/word for the Reason?

300

Clotho, Lachesis, and Atropos are...

Who are the Fates?

300

Goddess of rainbows

Who is Iris?

400

"A few second later I heard a slow clop-clop-clop..."

What is onomatopoeia? 

400

identify the word parts in DISGORGED (must identify all 3)

Prefix- dis

base word- gorge

suffix- ed

400

TTQA the following question: What does Percy think of Mr. Brunner in this excerpt from chapter 5?

In the excerpt from chapter 5, Percy thinks Mr. Brunner is....


Percy thinks Mr. Brunner is________ in this excerpt from chapter 5. 

Must have said ONE  of the two answers above. 

400

"________ could sniff out money like a bloodhound"

Who is Smelly Gabe?

400

Satyrs like Grover are companions to these divine beings... (must mention the 2 deities) 

Who are Pan and Dionysus?

500

A type of language that is used by authors to help the reader visualize a story, it is not literal. 

What is the definition of figurative language?

500

In the word "Hooves" the meaning of the suffix -es is.....

makes the noun plural

500

In the Reason you must include.... 

HOW your evidence supports your claim. 

500
State where Yancy academy is located

What is upstate New York?

500

Son of Daedalus who flew too close to the sun 

Who is Icarus?