Figuratively Speaking
Proof is in the Pudding
Don't Always Have to Be So Literal
Odysseus and his hungry friend
"It's all in the past"
100
What is figurative and literal language.
Literal language is you say exactly what you mean and figurative language cannot be taken literally because it means somethin else.
(Anything close to this)
100
How many degrees does <3 and <4 = ?
180 Degrees. All lines equal 180 degrees.
100
What Inverse of Addition and Multiplication?
Subtraction and Division
100
Describe a Cyclops:
(at least 2 of these) Giant, rude, one eyeball, lives in a cave,
100
What is the war the Odysseus starts off in at the beginning of the story?
The Trojan war (War in Troy)
200
What type of figurative language is the following:
"Do you never tire? God look at you, iron is what you are made of!"
Hyperbole -- an exaggerative statement.
It's being said that he's so tough he is made of iron
200
What angle relationship does 2 and 3 have?
Vertical Angle
200
What is the first step to solve the following for:
3x + 15 = 7x - 10
To subtract 3x on both sides or add 10 to both sides.
200
Odysseus and his men end up on the island because of what?
There ship is blown off course
200
Odysseus sends two men on an island to scout, but they don't come back on their own. Why?
They ate lotus blossoms and didn't want to leave.
300
What type of figurative language is the following:
"Odysseus was fated to escape his noose of pain"
Metaphor
Comparing 2 things NOT using like or as. Comparing his pain to that of a strangling noose.
300
Geometry: Something that has been proven true is a...
Theorem
300
What makes an equation a 'literal equation'?
It has 2 or more variables (letters)
300
What 3 things does Odysseus take with him on the Island?
12 strong men, wine, and provisions (supplies)
300
Odysseus's plan to sneak into the city of Troy involved building a...
Giant wooden horse (to hide inside)
400
What type of figurative language is the following:
"—but he, behind,
reset the stone as one would cap a quiver."
Simile -- a comparison of 2 things using like or as
reseting the stone is being compared to how you put a cap on a quiver
400
Geometry: If A=B and B=C, then A=C
Transitive property
400
Simplify the following:
3x + 4 - 7x -11
-4x - 7
400
Why did Odysseus decide to not kill the Cyclops after he ate 2 of his men and fell asleep?
Because they would be trapped in the cave by the huge bolder.
400
After the war, Odysseus and his men would have been successful, but they stayed on the beach feasting and a fugitive got away and did what?
Got help from the mainland to attack Odysseus and his men
500
What type of figurative language is the following:
"When the young Dawn with fingertips of rose
lit up the world"
Personification.
Dawn (sunrise) is given the human characteristic of fingertips
500
Geometry: Something that is believed to be true, despite not having proof yet.
Conjecture
500
Solve this equation for b
b - 7 = 6
5
b = 37
500
What does Odysseus do with the green olive branch that he finds in the Cyclop's cave?
(one of these) He sharpens it into a point and chars the end to make it sturdy.
500
Odysseus tells the Cyclops it is custom to help strangers or what would happen to them?
Zeus would punish the Cyclops.