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1
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Irony (situational, verbal, dramatic)

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you expect something and something else happens

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Allusion

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reference to another piece of work

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Flashback

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retelling of post events

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alliteration

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repertition of consinit sounds to create rythem

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motife

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an item that shows up multiple times in the story

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idiom

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when you say one thing but it means another

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hubris

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someone who has a big ego

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didatic

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something that is meant to teach a lesson

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parody

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a comicls imitation of a story/song

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jargon

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terms / words that unique to an industry

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pun

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a play on words

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foreshadowing

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something that is gonna happen in the future

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13
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antigonist

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person that goes against the main character

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14
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author purpose

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reason/intent for writing

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15
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character motivation

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the reason why the character choses to do something

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16
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theme

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overall message

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17
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The hero who died at a young age

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phaethon

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18
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boatman of the under world

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charon

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19
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pine bender

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sinis

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20
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hero completed 12 quests

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Heracles

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21
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helper was saved from a seaserpent by perseus

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andromeda

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22
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hero was raised in the wild by a bear than by hunters

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Atalanta

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23
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hero could not look at her spouse

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psyche

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24
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part goat, part snake and part lion

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chimera

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25
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hunt for the calydonian boar with atalanta

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meleager

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26
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hero killed medusa

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perseus

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27
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bride of ares

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otera

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28
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the hero that outwitted the sphinx

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oedipus

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29
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the hero would marry a beast that even the gods would fear

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pysche

30
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one of the nine creators who inspired every form of art

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muse

31
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female nature sprit

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nymphs

32
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bridle from athena to help him become a hero

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bellerophone

33
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this woman aided thesus in his quest

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araidne

34
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half man - half bull creator

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minotaur

35
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the stretcher forced people to lay on a bed and would cut off any extra

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procurstes

36
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this hero abandoned a girl on an island

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theseus

37
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three snake heads

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gorgon

38
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half man- half goat creature

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satyr

39
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half bird half woman

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harpy

40
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half horse half man

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centar

41
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head of a woman, body of a lion and wings of an eagle

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sphinx

42
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a dude with a bigturtle

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sciron

43
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three-headed hound of hades

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ceberus

44
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controlled the life and death of mortals

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the fates

45
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poisoned theseus

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medea

46
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grant his son any request

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helios

47
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hera drove this person mad

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heracles

48
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What did the gods swear by?

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river of styx

49
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what did Athena and her husband turn into

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lions

50
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why did king Agegues commit sucide (father of theseus)

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he believed his son died

51
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who helped trick atalanta (loose foot race)

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Aphrodite

52
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who killed the king of thebeus?

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oedipus

53
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who is tiresias

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a blind prophet

54
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who is an anti-hero

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Bellerophone

55
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one of the three creature that tourment other creatures

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the furries

56
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who killed melegar

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his mom

57
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why did hearcles have 2 addtional labors

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he was assisted for 2 of them

58
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pysches husband

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eros

59
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what was the answer to the sphinx’s riddle

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man

60
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who was the inventor

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dadelaus

61
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What did atalanta do?

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she was a key contributor to the Calydonian boar hunt

62
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What did belleraphone do?

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battled and killed the chimera on pegasus

63
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What was psyches impossible tasks

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separating different grains from one another, shearing shining gold fleeces from the backs of violent rams, and collecting the black water from the River Styx.

64
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what did oedipus do

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he killed his father and married his mother

65
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What did perseus do

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he slayed medusa and rescued princess andromeda

66
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What did theseus do?

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he slayed the minotaur

67
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what did Otera do

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she was the founder of the Amozons

68
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what was eros

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he is cupid or the husband of psyche

69
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What were the furies

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they were the greek goddesses of vengence

70
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who was Dedalus

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he was a skillful architect and he is known for creating the labyrinth for king Minos.

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