English 1 Final June Flashcards
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What is the main argument of an essay called?
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Thesis
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Where is the thesis statement typically placed?
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The end of the introduction.
~Most likely the last sentence of first paragraph
3
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What is the third item in the heading?
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Course title
4
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Run-on, fragment, or okay?
The school has been closed, one teacher has started to cry.
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Run-on sentence
Two independent clauses need a semicolon or ,fanboy
IC;IC
IC, fanboy IC
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Run-on, fragment, or okay?
Because the rat jumped.
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Sentence fragment
Needs an independent clause; this is subordinate.
6
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What is Hephaestus’ Roman name?
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Vulcan
7
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What is the Roman name of Dionysus?
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Bacchus
8
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What is Aphrodite’s Roman name?
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Venus
9
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What is the Roman name of Artemis?
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Diana
10
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What is Ares Roman name?
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Mars
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What is Athena’s Roman name?
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Minerva
12
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What is Hades Roman name?
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Pluto
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What is Hermes Roman name?
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Mercury
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What is the Roman name of Zeus?
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Jupiter
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What is Poseidon’s Roman name?
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Neptune
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What is Heras Roman name?
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Juno
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What is the Roman name of Odysseus?
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Ulysses
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What is the Roman name of Cronus?
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Saturn
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What is the Roman name of Eros?
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Cupid
20
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Allusion
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A reference to a statement, person, place, event, or thing that is known from literature, history, religion, myth, politics, sports, science, or pop culture.
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What is direct characterization?
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When a 3rd person narrator (but not a first person narrator) tells us directly what a characters personality is like.
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What is indirect characterization?
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When we have to use our judgement concerning what the character is like, based on the evidence the narrator provides.
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Dialect
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A particular form of a language which is peculiar to a specific region or social group
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What is a pun?
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A play of multiple meanings of a word, or on two words that sounds alike but have different meanings
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What is the time and place of a story or play called?
The setting
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What does the theme of a story mean?
The central ideas of a work of literature/ insights gained about the subjects of a story/ meaning that the author reveals
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Tone
An author’s attitude toward a subject, character, etc. in a work of literature.
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What is a plot?
A series of related events that tell a story (often—but not always—following a pattern)
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What is the beginning of of the story called?
Exposition
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Rising action
The problem becomes more intense or further problems are introduced—the knot tightens.
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What is the most intense moment of the story called?
The climax
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Denouement
The ending of the story—French for “untying of the knot.”
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Foreshadow
To use clues to hint at events that will occur later in the plot.
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What is a flat character?
A one-dimensional character who has only on or two character traits that can be described in very few words.
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Round character
A multi-dimensional character who has many different traits, sometimes contradicting ones.
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What is a static character?
One who does not change much—or in any significant way over the course of the story.
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What is a dynamic character?
One who changes in a significant way as the result of the story’s events
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Imagery
Visually descriptive or figurative language
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What is it called when the reader knows something the character doesn’t know?
Dramatic irony
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What is it called when a person says one thing, but means the opposite?
Verbal irony
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What is situational irony?
When the situation itself is ironic
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Protagonist
A main character (this can be either good or bad) of a story
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Antagonist
A character or entity that goes against the protagonist and what the protagonist wants to achieve
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Alliteration
A series of words that begin with the same consonant sound
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Assonance
The repetition of vowel sounds in nearby words
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Soliloquy
A long speech expressing the thoughts of a character alone on stage
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Allegory
A story in which the characters, setting, and events stand for certain other people or events or concepts. Nearly everything in the story can serve on a symbolic level.
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What is the maiden name of Shakespeare’s wife?
Anne Hathaway
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What is unrhymed iambic pentameter called?
Blank verse
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Didiatic
When a story or narrator because obvious in his/her message—sometimes to the point of being preachy.
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What is an epiphany?
When a character has gained a new understanding that causes a dynamic, life-altering change—often, the character endures a near-death experience and then changes in such a way that he/she will be stronger and better off for the experience.
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A character that shows qualities that are in contrast with the qualities of another character
Foil
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What is ordinary writing called?
Prose
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Personification
Giving human like qualities to un human like things
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Onomatopoeia
A word which imitates the natural sound of the thing
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Meter
The pattern of rhythm
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Metaphor
A comparison between two unlike things
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Hubris
Overbearing pride
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Hyperbole
Tremendous exaggeration
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Paradox
A statement or situation that appears to be contradictory but upon closer examination proves to make sense.
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Subject
What the story is about
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Tragic flaw
A character trait taken to an extreme that dooms a character.
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What does genre mean?
A category for a specific type of novel, music, movie etc
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What is the first item in the heading?
Student name
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Where is the pagination header located?
Upper right corner of the page
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What is the standard font size for a standard essay?
12 point
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Where is the heading located?
Upper left corner of the page
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What is the correct format for an MLA date in the heading?
Day month year (no comma)
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What is the line spacing in an essay?
Double spacing
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What are the margins for an essay?
1 inch
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How far from the top of the page is the header?
1/2 an inch
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How far from the top of the page is the heading?
1 inch
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What is capitalized in an essay title?
All main words
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Should an essay title be in bold?
No
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Should an essay title be in italics?
No
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Are paragraphs and the headings both flush with the left margin?
Yes
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What types of words help show connections between ideas?
Transitions
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Titles should have what two aspects?
Topic and focus
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The main idea of the paragraph is often stated in what type of sentence?
Topic sentence
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Name 3 types of introductions.
Anecdote
Background
Quote
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What is the main purpose of the introduction?
To introduce the thesis
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What is the main purpose of the conclusion?
To justify the thesis or show why the thesis is important.
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What is unity in a paragraph?
All sentences support topic sentence.
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What is unity in an essay?
All sentences support thesis
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What are three ways to achieve unity in a paragraph?
Focus on 1 main idea per paragraph
Eliminate sentences that don’t support main idea
Use transitions
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What is the main purpose of a main body paragraph?
To support the thesis statement by using elements such as examples, quotes, testimony, and evidence
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List, in order, the five stages of the writing process.
1. Prewriting
2. Drafting
3. Revising
4. Editing
5. Publishing
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What stage of the writing process who you make an outline?
Prewriting
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What stage of the writing process would you improve word choice?
Revising
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What stage of the writing process would you improve the sentence fluency?
Revising
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What stage of the writing process would you create a thesis statement?
Prewriting
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What stage of the writing process would you improve the grammar?
Editing
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What stage of the writing process would you improve the formatting?
Editing
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This creature emerged from Medusa’s neck and flew away.
Pegasus
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What is the Greek name for the goddess of wisdom?
Athena
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Perseus rescued this maiden from a horrible sea.
Andromeda
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Greek name for the god of war; he had an affair with Aphrodite.
Ares
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What is the Greek name for the god of metalwork?
| Crippled
Hephaestus
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Who killed the Minotaur?
Theseus
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What is the Greek name for the messenger God?
Hermes
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What is the Greek name for the god of the underworld?
Hades
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Who defeats the hydra?
Heracles or Hercules
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What is the river that forms the boundary for the underworld called?
Styx
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What is the Greek name for the goddess of love and beauty?
Aphrodite
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What is the Greek name for the goddess of hunt?
Artemis
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She bragged that her hair was equaled Athena in beauty.
Medusa
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This nymph distracted Hera so that Heras husband could flirt (or worse) with other women. Hera punished her.
Echo
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What is the Greek name for the goddess of seasons?
Demeter
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Nymphs loaned this hero a pair of winged sandals, a leather bag, and a helmet of invisibility; he also tricked three ladies who share one eye.
Perseus
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The titan who created man; Zeus punished him for many years.
Prometheus
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Sarcasm
Say one thing but mean the other with a satirical tone
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Simile
A comparison between two unlike things using like or as
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What is a 14 lined poem called?
A sonnet
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Where was Shakespeare born?
Stratford on Avon
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What is a brief comment or passage meant for the audience to hear but not other characters in the play?
Aside
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Some scholars believe that Shakespeare’s plays were not written by Shakespeare but by...
Edward de Vere
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Who was the queen who ruled for the last half for the 1500s?
Queen Elizabeth 1
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Who succeeded Queen Elizabeth 1?
King James 1
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The continuation of a sentence without a pause beyond the end of a line, couplet, or stanza
Enjambment
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What is an example of a tragedy?
King Lear
Macbeth
Othello
Hamlet
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The river that flows past the Globe is...
Thames
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Words with the same end sound
Rhyme
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Rhythm
The beat
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A metaphor that compares two unlike things without mentioning one of the .
Implied metaphor
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When an author uses a metaphor throughout a long passage or even an entire poem
Extended metaphor
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A four lined stanza
Quatrain
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A two line stanza
Couplet
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What is iambic pentameter?
Five metrical feet each consisting of one unstressed syllable and one stressed syllable.
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The aspect of someone’s character that is presented to or perceived by others.
Persona
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What are the three types of Shakespeare’s plays?
Tragedy
Comedy
History
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What were audience members called who stood on the ground in front of the stage?
Ground lings
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He judges a music contest and votes against Apollo, who gives him donkey ears.
Midas
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Mother of Perseus; Zeus showers go.d into her lap.
Danaë
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Multi-headed creature; one of the heads is immortal.
Hydra
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Who was the woman created by Hephaestus to be both a blessing and a curse to mankind?
she released evil and sickness into the world
Pandora
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What is the Greek name for the God of wine?
Dionysus
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What is the maze called that has many corridors and is on the island of Crete?
Labyrinth
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What is the three headed dog that guards the underworld called?
Cerebrus
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What is Shakespeare’s theatre called?
The Globe
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Who is the goddess of marriage?
Hera
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Who is the god of sun, music, poetry, and medicine?
Apollo
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Who is the goddess of hearth and home?
Hestia
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Relating to a society in which men hold the greatest legal and moral authority
Patriarchal
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What is monotheism?
The belief in one god
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What is the belief in many gods called?
Polytheism
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Women is the leader in society
Matriarchal
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Who is the author of the Iliad and the Odyssey?
Homer
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The island from which Daedalus escapes
Crete
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What is the name for warrior women?
Amazons
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She is kidnapped by Hades
Persephone
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What is the emptiness before creation called?
Chaos
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What is the name of the criminal who was doomed to roll a rock up a hill forever?
Sisyphus
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What is the creature called who has the upper body of s man and the lower body of a horse?
Centaur
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She has the face that launched a thousand ships, the Trojan war was fought over her
Helen
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Who is the wisest of all immortals?
| A titan
Metis
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What is the name of the Trojan war hero who has a vulnerable heel?
Achilles
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Who is the titan closely associated with time?
Cronus
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What is the name of the criminal who is punished through thirst and starvation?
Tantalus
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What is excessive pride called that the gods punish?
Hubris
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What is the name of the ferryman of the River Styx?
Charon
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Gods who are given human characteristics
Anthropomorphic
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What is a long narrative poem telling of a hero’s deeds called?
An epic
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What are half-man, half-goat creatures called?
They associated with Dionysus, indulgence and sensuality.
Satyrs
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What is the name of the race of one-eyed giants?
Cyclopes
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What is the name of the dangerous whirlpool personified as a female sea monster?
Charybdis
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An ancient city in central Greece : site of an oracle of Apollo.
Delphi
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What is the name of Odysseus’ homeland?
Ithaca
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What is the name of the home of the gods?
Mount Olympus
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What is Tartarus?
The underworld, where monsters live
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What is the kingdom that was destroyed by the Greeks called?
It is located on the western coast of Asia Minor.
Troy
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Who is the cunning worker who created the labyrinth and gave his son wings?
Daedalus
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Who was the greedy king of Phrygia who Dionysus gave the power to turn everything he touched into gold?
Midas
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What is the name of Odysseus and Penelope’s son?
Telemachus
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What is the name of the sculpture who fell in love with a statue?
Pygmalion
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Who is the mother of Perseus?
Danaë
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Who is the son of Daedalus who ignored his fathers instructions and flew too close to the sun with the wing his father gave him?
Icarus
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What is the name of the beautiful young man who fell in love with his own reflection?
Narcissus
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What is the name of the wife of Odysseus?
Penelope
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Who is the beautiful witch-goddess who transforms Odysseus’s crew into swine?
Circe
With Hermes’ help, Odysseus resists Circe’s powers and then becomes her lover, living in luxury at her side for a year.
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Who is the beautiful nymph who falls in love with Odysseus when he lands on her island home of Ogygia.?
She holds him prisoner for seven years until Hermes persuades her to let him go.
Calypso
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Who are the nine sisters who give song and inspiration to humanity?
They are the daughters of Zeus and Mnemonsyne
Muses
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Who are the three goddesses who determined human destiny?
Fates
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Who is the Cyclops who imprisoned Odysseus?
Polyphemus
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What is the name of the 6 headed monster who attacked sailors in a narrow channel of water along with her counterpart Charybdis?
Scylla
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Who are the creatures whose songs lure sailors to their deaths?
Sirens
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A mythological spirit of nature imagined as a beautiful maiden inhabiting rivers, woods, or other locations
Nymphs
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What is Demeter the goddess of?
Agriculture and the seasons
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Who is the god of wine and fertility?
Dionysus
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Who is the god of love?
Eros
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Who is the god of the sky and ruler of the Olympian gods?
Zeus
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Who is the god of the sea?
Poseidon
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Who is the sun god who rides a horse drawn chariot through the sky and sees everything?
Helios
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Who is the titan of heavenly light?
Hyperion
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Who is the titaness daughter of Gaia and Uranus?
She is also the wife of Cronus.
Mother of the gods, goddess of female fertility, and motherhood.
Rhea
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Who was the titan god who was condemned to carry the heavens upon his shoulders?
Atlas
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What is Hestia’s Roman name?
Vesta
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Who is the “Mother Earth” of the early Greeks?
Gaea
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Who were the minor deities in Greek Mythology who were patrons of various pleasures in life?
The graces
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Who were the female deities who punished criminals for there deeds?
The furies
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How many original titans are there?
12
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Who are the parents of the titans?
Uranus and Gaea
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What is the use of an object or action that means something more than its literal meaning?
A symbol
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The words “buzz” and “tweet” are examples of this literary device
Onomatopoeia
