Allusions Review

Achilles Heel

• Advantage

• weakness

• trait

• mythical creature

Answer explanation

An Achilles heel is a weakness because this part of Achilles's body (his feel) was the only part of him that was immortal

Tags

CCSS.L.7.5A

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

What creature is this?

• Chimera

• Cupid

• Harpy

• Griffen

Answer explanation

A Harpy is a bird creature with a women's head who is always "harping" on you or nagging you.

Tags

CCSS.L.1.6

CCSS.L.3.6

CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.L.K.5A

What does it mean to harp on someone?

• compliment

• play instrument

• Like

• Annoy

Answer explanation

Coming from the Harpy birds, they always annoy you or ask you to do things

What is a handsome man called?

• Cupid

• Adonis

• Wipper snapper

• Handsome

Answer explanation

Adonis was Aphrodite (the Goddess of Love)'s boyfriend

Tags

CCSS.L.7.5A

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

What is an Amazon?

• wonder woman

• the river

• the company

• a strong female warrior

Tags

CCSS.L.5.5C

Who is the girl who got turned into a spider?

• Pandora

• Athena

• Arachne

• Arachnid

Tags

CCSS.L.7.5A

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

What did Atlas have to do?

• Make a map

• Write a book

• Hold up the world

• Swim the Atlantic ocean

Answer explanation

As the God of Navigation, his punishment for starting a war was to hold up the world

Tags

CCSS.L.7.5A

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

What does the word chronicle mean

• Written in time order

• A big book

• narnia

• publication

Answer explanation

Coming from the root "Chrono" meaning time

Why is it called an Echo?

• Echo is the God of Sound

• She got her voice taken away and was forced to repeat

• A sound machine

Tags

CCSS.L.7.5A

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

Another name for Zeus

• Lightning King

• Jove

• Percy Jackson

Answer explanation

Meaning good natured

Tags

CCSS.L.7.5A

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.4