Perseus

Anthology: "The Myth of Perseus"

Lesson 2

Points:

• 📌 Point 1: Finish reading and understanding "The Myth of Perseus" (p. 120-124) (Sections #5-9)

• 📌 Point 2: Identify correct synonyms and antonyms (p. 12)

Vocabulary to know:

• 📌 bog (p. 121): an area of wet, spongy ground made up of rotting vegetation, which eventually forms peat

• 📌 marsh (p. 121): low-lying land that remains waterlogged at all times and is overgrown with grasses and plants

• 📌 to hasten (p. 121): to hurry or accelerate, usually from one place to another

• 📌 to conceive (p. 122): to imagine, to conceptualize

Vocabulary to know (pt. 2):

• 📌 vanity (p. 122): an obsessive preoccupation with one's appearance and/or status

• 📌 Ethiopia (p. 123): a kingdom in east-central Africa

• 📌 to justify (p. 124): to be rightly entitled to a specific feeling or point of view

• 📌 discus (p. 124): a disc-shaped object with a heavy middle thrown by an athlete, in ancient Greek games or in modern field events

Multiple Choice

Q1, p. 12:

What is a synonym (a word that means the same) for ordeal?

• a. pleasure

• b. treat

• c. trial

• d. unjust

Multiple Choice

Q2, p. 13:

What is an antonym (opposite of) revulsion?

• a. liking

• b. venomous

• c. indifference

• d. pain

Multiple Choice

Q3, p. 13:

What is a synonym (same meaning) for discern?

• a. ignore

• b. examine

• c. quench

• d. resist

Multiple Choice

Q4, p. 13:

What is an antonym (opposite of) vanity?

• a. trustworthiness

• b. fortunate

• c. constancy

• d. humility

Multiple Choice

Q5, p. 13:

What is a synonym (same meaning) for conceive?

• a. imagine

• b. opulent

• c. justify

• d. repel

Multiple Choice

Q6, p. 13:

What is an antonym (opposite of) endured?

• a. enjoyed

• b. withstood

• c. hastened

• d. regarded

Multiple Choice

Q7, p. 13:

What is a synonym (same meaning) for venomous?

• a. rebellious

• b. odious

• c. poisonous

• d. fortuitous

FOR HOMEWORK:

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📌 Homework:

Microsoft Form: "The Myth of Perseus #1" on Teams!

Complete it by tomorrow and turn in! You can find it in your assignments of your English Team! IT should also show up in the posts!