Root Words
The meaning of the root word graph...
Write
Hera tried to kill this infant with snakes.
Hercules
My brother is such a couch potato, when he has no homework.
What type of figurative language is this?
Idiom
Who rules all Gods
Zeus
Greek myths usually show the struggle between ______ and ______.
Good and Evil
The meaning of the root word auto
Self
What was the one thing King Midas loved more than gold?
His daughter
An Allusion for Good Luck, or able to make a lot of money
Midas Touch
God of the underworld
Hades
Perseus
The meaning of the root words in photographer
Photo= light
Graph= Write
The hero who should have protected his ankles.
Achilles
I could play this violin forever!
What type of figurative language is this?
Hyperboles
Demeter's child was kidnapped by....
Hades
Who was Hercules' Father
If you use the root word that means far away and distant, then that root word is.....
Tele
The man who invented the Trojan Horse.
Odysseus
Allusion that opens the door for trouble....
Pandora's box
I am the God of Wine and Festivities, who am I?
Dionysus
In the Odyssey, the men escaped the cyclops' cave and made it off the island by _________________
Hiding behind sheeps
Give three examples of words that have the Greek root word Photo
Answers may vary
Photographer, Photograph, Photography,
Photogenic
Photosynthesis
Photocopy
My wedding gift turned out to be a bummer, Who am I?
Pandora
"I keep losing this game, so I'm just going to throw in the towel. "
What type of figurative language is this?
Idiom
Hade's wife
Persephone
In the Spongebob Squarepants Movie, Spongebob and Patrick were almost killed by a large undersea diver. They were able to blind the large diver with glue.
This is an allusion to ....
Odysseus blinded a cyclops with a stake