Ln 26 & Perseus Vocab Quiz

Match each vocabulary term with its synonym or meaning.

• water fairy

• nymphs

• den

• sickel

• twisting in pain

• writning

• dreadful

• lair

• curved knife

• horrible

Tags

CCSS.RL.4.9

CCSS.RL.8.9

Match easy literary term with its meaning.

• events of the story

• plot

• moral or lesson

• prediction

• perspective of the story

• point of view

• logical guess based on text clues

• myth

• traditional story about heroes and gods

• theme

Tags

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.3.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.2.3

Perseus used a ​​​ (a)   with a sharp blade to defeat Medusa.

The Nemean Lion lived in a secret ​ ​ (b)   in the side of a mountain.

The ​ (c)   would often tempt sailors to crash their boats into rocks.

Athena took ​ (d)   on Perseus and helped him by giving him a shield.

Medusa was a ​ ​ (e)   creature with snakes for hair, tusks, and wings like a bat.

• sickle
• lair
• nymphs
• pity
• horrid

Tags

CCSS.RL.4.4

CCSS.RI.4.4

CCSS.RI.3.4

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RI.5.4

What is the main idea of the passage?

• Medusa was a beautiful maiden with many suitors.

• Medusa broke her promise to Athena by marrying Poseidon.

• Poseidon took Medusa away from Athena by marrying her.

Tags

CCSS.L.4.3A

CCSS.L.3.3A

CCSS.L.5.3A

CCSS.L.6.3A

CCSS.L.6.3B

From the pink sentence, what can you infer about Medusa?

• Medusa became very sick.

• Medusa wanted revenge.

• Medusa became an unkind, evil person.

Tags

CCSS.RL.9-10.5