AMC
Odyssey
Reading Targets
Spelling and Grammar
Misc.
100

It's the time a monster comes calling.

What is 12:07?

100

The Trojan War hero's loyal wife.

Penelope

100

Can be shown with dialogue, actions, what other characters think or say about them, and even looks.

Characterization

100

It's the change that needs to be made in this sentence,

'From the changes he made, he began to flurish.'

Flurish to flourish.

100

It's what the 'A' stands for in RAP

add a transition

200

It's the reason Conor and Lily aren't friends anymore.

She told their classmates about his mom's cancer.

200

Watch out for this deadly whirlpool and its counterpart: a multiheaded hydra.

Charybdis and Scylla.

200

This describes how the author intends you to feel.

Tone

200

I did not do the dishes last night. As a result, I didn't have any clean plates for breakfast.

Another transition phrase to replace what's in bold could be ____.

Therefore; consequentially.

200

Name 3 types of conflict of the seven that exist.

Man vs. man, man vs. nature, man vs. self, man vs. beast, man vs. society, man vs. technology, man vs. supernatural

300

In The First Tale, it's surprising that this character was not killed.

The Queen.

300

He could be described as the opposite of Odysseus: paranoid, careful, and cautious.

Eurylokos 'Steve'

300

How YOU feel.

Mood

300

It's where the comma belongs in this sentence:

'Before Sally Ride joined NASA in the 1970s the idea of a woman becoming an Astronaut seemed incomprehensible.'

after 1970s

300

In plot structure, this is the part of the story that reaches its 'peak'.

climax

400

It was this big secret that had been keeping Conor from facing his 'truth'.

He would be relieved if his mom died. 

400

He was the prophet who warned Odysseus to be wary of his bride upon returning home.

Tiresius

400

"I think Conor and his grandma will end of finding a 'new normal' and get along better after he goes to live with her." I am making a(n) _____.

Inference

400

It's the punctuation error in this sentence:

'It came without ribbons, it came without tags.'

replace comma with semicolon

400

The term that refers to the indication of a future event that will happen in the story.

foreshadowing

500

It could be described as 'symbolism' for the story A Monster Calls, as it is seen and referenced many times.

Clock; time.

500

This character was hardly a supernatural aid or a temptress due to her unpredictable temper, cruelty, and the fact that she only helped Odysseus by command of Zeus: the most powerful God in mythology.

Kalypso

500

Setting contributes toward it; it can be linear or non linear.

Plot

500

It's the fanboy in this sentence:

'A small kitten followed me home so I gave it a bowl of milk.'

Does it need a comma? If so, where?

so; yes, before so

500

The diction an author uses to create the mood and tone of a piece is referred to as this reading target:

Author's Craft