| A | B |
|---|
| inconsolable | unable to be comforted |
| ghastly | horrible;ghostlike |
| reluctance | unwillingness |
| ascended | moved up |
| characteristics of ancient Greek and Roman myths | a. to explain the creation of the world; b. to explain natural phenomena c. to give story form to ancient religious practices; d. to teach moral lessons; e. to explain history; f. to express as dreams do, the deepest fears and hopes of the human races. |
| what are the characteristicof the gods and goddesses in myths | a. a god or goddess is a powerful being; b. often identified with a force of nature; c. many of them traveled down to spend time with ordinary people. |
| what is a moral? | a lesson about the right way to behave usually to teach children a lesson. |
| define metamorphosis | a fantastic transformation or change from one shape to another |
| what is an anecdote? | a very brief story told to make a point. |
| checklist for summary of informational text | begin the summary with a title and author of the text; b. state the topic of the text; c. list the main ideas in the order in which they occurred; d. include important supporting details for the main ideas; f. put quatation marks around any words from the text that are quoted exactly. |
| what happens when you add a prefix | affixes are added to the front of a word (ex. dislocate). |
| why hades kidnaps Persephone? | he wanted Persephone to be his bride or queen |
| why did Demeter neglected her duties as goddess of the harvest? | she was griefing over the lost of her daughter, Persephone. |
| why do Demeter places Demphoon in the fire? | to make him immortal and when he grew up she could keep him with her. |
| why did Zeus decide that Persphone must be returned to Demeter? | Nothing would grow and a famine threaten the earth which would kill all mankind. |
| who is the most powerful of the immortals in the myth? | Demeter |
| why is the story of Demeter and Persephone is an origin myth? | p.647 Demeter was a harvest goddess and she was powerful.Everything died when she stopped working. No crops would grow. Also, Demeter spent time with original people like Demophoon and his family. |
| Why is Eurydice die? | she was biten by a snake. She was gathering flowers for a bridal garland. |
| what all of the creatures he encounters do as Orpheus travels to the Underworld? | Charon, the ferryman of the Styx forgot to ask his passenger for the price of crossing; b) three-headed monster who guards Hades' gate stopped full in his tracks and listened motionless until Orpheus has passed. c) the pale ghosts came after him d) Tantalus who strains forever after visions of cool water forgot his thirst and ceased to clutch at the empty air e) Sisyphus who toils eternally to push a mighty rock uphill sat down and knew not he was resting f) the hissing flames stood still (g) the daffodil fields of Elysium, the happy dead sat silent among their flowers |
| how did Hades reacts when he hears Orpheus's music? | he cried. he was touched by the music and love Orpheus had for Eurydice. |
| what happens as Orphesus leaves the Underworld? | He looks back right before entering the light. |
| characterize Orpheus's attitude toward Hades | xx |
| how Orpheus is finally reunited with Eurydice? | through death -- the woman of thrace killed him |
| Why Orpheus' journey to the underworld is unusual | his music brings dead back to life. |
| the monster that guards the gates of the Underworld is | the Cerberus, the three headed monster |
| infer about Icarus from his behavior in the beginning of the myth | playful |
| describe a moral of the myth | don't tried to be something that your not. Also, children obey instuction by parents. |
| What Icarus is compared to in the myth | bird |
| what Icarus's personality was like? | playful and didn't listen |
| what was Daedalus's attitude toward Icarus? | he was proud and he loved his son. |
| How is Midas described in the opening of the myth? | greedy. He wanted to be most powerful king in the world. He wanted everyone to envy him. |
| why did Dionysus offers to give Midas a gift? | he wanted to thank Midas for taking care of the old satyr and he offered the king any gift he cared to name |
| why Midas wants everything he touches to turn to gold? | he wanted to be the wealthiest and most powerful king in the world |
| how Midas feels at the end of the myths? | he no longer wanted everything that he touch to turn to gold. Being wealthy was not inportant to him anymore. |
| Identify the irony in the myth? | he expected to be wealthy and happy and it turned he was scared and miserable because everything he touched turned to gold including his daughter |
| implored | asked or begged |
| commenced | began |
| invincible | unbeatable |
| hovered | hung in the air |
| impostor | person who pretends to be someone or something that he or she is not. |
| know the setting of the crane wife? | faraway mountain village |
| describe the wife's character? | vv |
| Explain why Yohei's wife warns Yohei about staying out the room when she is weaving? | bb |
| what Yohei's wife's view of money? | cc |
| identify the moral of this folk tale? | dd |
| know when a metamorphosis occurs in the folk tale. | xxbb |
| identify onamatopoeia | jj |
