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START by reading (or listening to) Chapter 9 of Percy Jackson
Read the excerpt from chapter 9 of The Lightning Thief.
Then answer the questions below.
Excerpt:
"But its presence didn't feel evil, like my demonic math teacher Mrs. Dodds or the Minotaur"
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Question 1
1.
Choose ONE correct answer. What word in this sentence besthelps in understanding the meaning of demonic?
Read the excerpt from chapter 9 of The Lightning Thief.
Then answer the questions below.
Excerpt:
"Your father's bitterest rival is Zeus, Lord of the Sky. Your mother knew better than to trust you in an airplane. You would be in Zeus's domain. You would never come down again alive"
3 points
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Question 2
2.
Choose ONE correct answer. What does the work domain mean as it is used in the sentence?
For #3, you MAY use an online dictionary. This is the ONLY question you can do so.
Read the quote on the page.
Then, use a print or online dictionary.
Excerpt:
"'Somebody else who wants to take over?" I guessed. "Yes, quite. Someone who harbors a grudge, who has been unhappy with his lot since the world was divided eons ago, whose kingdom would grow powerful with the deaths of millions."
3 points
3
Question 3
3.
What is the meaning of the word harbors as it is used in this sentence?
There are multiple definitions, choose the one that makes sense with the quote.
Read the excerpt from chapter 9 of The Lightning Thief.
Then answer the questions below.
Excerpt:
"The article took me almost an hour to read, because the angrier I got, the more the words floated around on the page"
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Question 4
4.
Based on your understanding of the bolded figurative language above, how does Percy feel when he reads the article about his car accident?
4 points
4
Question 5
5.
How does the bolded figurative language above add to the reader’s understanding of how Percy feels?
Read the excerpt from chapter 9 of The Lightning Thief.
Then answer the questions below.
Excerpt:
"Unless someone intervenes, unless the master bolt is found and returned to Zeus before the solstice, there will be a war:
Intervene:
inter- : meaning to stand in the way
-vene : meaning "to come"
3 points
3
Question 6
6.
Using the information about the two parts of the word "intervene" and what the mean, write a definition of intervene, in your own words.
Carefully read these TWO sentences.
Sentence 1:
"Finally, Eddie, our building super, delivered the worst line of all: And you shall fail to save what matters most in the end"
Sentence 2:
Finally, Eddie, our building super, delivered the worst line of all: And you shall be unsuccessful in saving what matters most, in the end.
The words in bold have very similar meanings.
3 points
3
Question 7
7.
How does the author’s choice to use the wordfailaffect our understanding of the first sentence given all that we know up to this point in the text?