The Lightning Thief Quotes

"My name is Percy Jackson. I'm twelve years old. Until a few months ago, I was a boarding student at Yancy Academy, a private school for troubled kids in upstate New York" This quote from Percy Jackson and the Lightning Thief is an example of

• Third person point of view

• Second person point of view

• First person point of view

• Fourth person point of view

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May, when our sixth-grade class took a field trip to Manhattan - twenty-eight mental-case kids and two teachers on a yellow school bus, heading to the Metropolitan Museum of Art to look at ancient Greek and Roman stuff." This quote from Percy Jackson and the Lightning Thief is an example of

• illusion

• allusion

• metaphor

• personification

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"It blew my mind that this stuff had survived for two thousand, three thousand years." In this quote from Percy Jackson and the Lightning Thief, "blew my mind" is an example of an _______________. It means_____________________________________________________.

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" And ... he didn't trust his kids, who were the gods. So, um, Kronos ate them, right? But his wife hid baby Zeus, and gave Kronos a rock to eat instead." This reference to Kronos, and Zeus are examples of _________________________.

"Then the weirdest thing happened. Her eyes began to glow like barbecue coals." This quote is an example of a___________, which______________________________________.

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"My knees were jelly. My hands were shaking so bad almost dropped the sword." :My knees were jelly is an example of a __________________, which_____________________.

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"The metal blade hit her shoulder and passed clear through her body as if she were made of water. Hiss!!!" Hiss is an example of

• as simile

• a metaphor

• onomatopoeia

• hyperbole

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"All year long, I'd gotten in fights, keeping bullies away from him. I'd lost sleep worrying that he'd get beaten up next year without me. And here he was acting like he was the one who defended me." This quote from Percy Jackson and the Lightning Thief is an example of_______________________, because__________________________________________________.

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"There was a huge grinding noise under our feet. Black smoke poured from the dash board and the whole bus filled with a smell like rotten eggs." This quote from Percy Jackson and the Lightning Thief is an example of _____________, that __ ______________________________________________________.

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Finally, she married Gabe Ugliano, who was nice for the first thirty seconds we knew him, then showed his true colors as a world-class jerk. I'm sorry, but it's the truth. The guy reeked like moldy garlic pizza wrapped in gym shorts." In this quote "nice for the first thirty seconds we knew him" is an example of_____________, an extreme exaggeration to make a point.

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