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lit exam
gods and lit terms
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Zeus | jupiter/jove |
| jupiter/jove | zeus |
| lightning bolt | zeus |
| king of the gods | zeus |
| poseidon | neptune |
| neptune | poseidon |
| trident | poseidon |
| god of ocean and earth quakes | poseidon |
| hades | pluto |
| pluto | hades |
| invisibility helmet | hades |
| god of the underworld | hades |
| hera | juno |
| juno | hera |
| peacock | hera |
| zeus' wife. queen of gods, guardian of marriage | hera |
| hestia | vesta |
| vesta | hestia |
| fireplace | hestia |
| goddess of hearth and home | hestia |
| demeter | ceres |
| ceres | demeter |
| grain or wheat | demeter |
| goddess of grain and agriculture | demeter |
| athena | minerva |
| minerva | athena |
| owl | athena |
| goddess of wisdom and war, patriotism and good citizenship | athena |
| apollo | apollo |
| chariot, sun, or lyre | apollo |
| god of poetry, music, and medicine, god of light. associated with the sun | apollo |
| artemis | diana |
| diana | artemis |
| deer and bow and arrows | artemis |
| apollo's twin sister; goddess of hunting and wild things. associated with the moon | artemis |
| aphrodite | venus |
| venus | aphrodite |
| dove | aphrodite |
| wife of hephaestus, goddess of love and beautY | aphrodite |
| ares | mars |
| mars | ares |
| dog and vulture | ares |
| terrible god of war | ares |
| hephaestus | vulcan |
| vulcan | hephaestus |
| anvil | hephaestus |
| lame blacksmith, god of fire | hephaestus |
| hermes | mercury |
| mercury | hermes |
| winged shoes | hermes |
| messenger of gods, also god of science and invention | hermes |
| bad guy | antagonist |
| main character | protagonist |
| hinting at what is to come | foreshadowing |
| descriptions that appeal to the five senses | imagery |
| assume | infer, imply |
| character that stays the same | static |
| character that changes over the course of the story | dynamic |
| only knows own thoughts and feelings | first person limited POV |
| all knowing POV | first person omniscient POV |
| when the audience knows more about the action than the characters do | dramatic irony |
| when actions have an effect opposite of what was intended | situational irony |
| when a speaker uses words to convey a meaning the opposite of the words' literal meaning | verbal irony |
| long narrative poem | epic |
| characters, situations, and images that are recognizable in many times and cultures | archetypes |
| where a story takes place | setting |
| repetition of vowels | assonance |
| repetition of consonants | alliteration |
| reference to other literature | allusion |
| beginning of a story | exposition |
| story about yourself | autobiography |
| story about someone else | biography |
| storyline | plot |
| Comparison using like or as | simile |
| comparison not using like or as; doesn't mean literal meaning | metaphor |
| inanimate object given human qualities | personification |
| interjected scene that takes the narrative back in time from the current point the story has reached | flashback |
| something that stands for something else | symbol |
| moral of story | theme |
| problem in story | conflict |
| turning point of story | climax |
| story that isn't true; tells how things came to be | myth |
| story about a specific event in your life | memoir |
| nickname | epithet |
| before climax | rising action |
| after climax | falling action |
| emotions word makes you feel | connotation |
| dictionary definition of word | denotation |
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