Language Arts Final Review

Question 0

Hades

Answer 0

Hades is the god of the dead. Hades rules the underworld. He also guards the dead. He is married to Persephone.

Question 1

Zeus

Answer 1

Zeus is the king of the gods. He is the ruler of Mount Olympus, Earth, and sky. Zeus is also the ruler of all mortals and immortals. He is married to Hera.

Question 2

Poseidon

Answer 2

Poseidon is the god of the sea. He oversees the oceans and navigation. He is married to Amphitrite.

Question 3

Hera

Answer 3

Hera is the queen of the gods. She is also the goddess of women and motherhood. Hera watches over women. She is married to Zeus.

Question 4

Hestia

Answer 4

Hestia is the goddess of the hearth and marriage. She is the protector of orphans and the home. Hestia is not married.

Question 5

Demeter

Answer 5

Demeter is the goddess of agriculture and the guardian of marriage. She controls the harvest. Demeter is not married.

Question 6

Dionysus

Answer 6

Dionysus is the god of wine and parties. He is the cupbearer to the gods. Dionysus is not married.

Question 7

Artemis

Answer 7

Artemis is the goddess of the moon and hunting. She is the protector of women, animals, and cities. Artemis is not married.

Question 8

Apollo

Answer 8

Apollo is the sun god, god of medicine, music, poetry, dance, math, herdsmen, and prophecy. He controls the sun’s daily movement across the sky. Apollo is not married.

Question 9

Aphrodite

Answer 9

Aphrodite is the goddess of love and beauty. She helps mortals and immortals fall in love. Aphrodite is married to Hephastus.

Question 10

Athena

Answer 10

Athena is the goddess of wisdom and war. She gives wisdom, inspires inventions, and she protects Athens. Athena is not married.

Question 11

Hephestus

Answer 11

Hephaestus is the god of blacksmiths, craftsmen, and fire. He grants power to blacksmiths and helps mortals to create useful objects. Hephaestus is married to Aphrodite.

Question 12

Hermes

Answer 12

Hermes is the messenger of the gods, god of dreams, commerce, treaties, inventions, science, art, and oratory. He is the patron god of voyagers and thieves, delivers the gods’ messages, and escorts the dead to the underworld. Hermes is not married.

Question 13

Chaos

Answer 13

a state of bedlam or craziness

Question 14

Astonished

Answer 14

a state of utter shock

Question 15

Descended

Answer 15

going down

Question 16

Perplexity

Answer 16

a state of confusion

Question 17

Perpetual

Answer 17

never ending

Question 18

Hovered

Answer 18

levitating above a surface

Question 19

Mortal

Answer 19

something subject to death

Question 20

Immortal

Answer 20

something not subject to death

Question 21

Gossamer

Answer 21

what a spider uses to make a web

Question 22

Piebald

Answer 22

patched; spotted

Question 23

Simile

Answer 23

a direct comparison of two unlike things using like or as

Question 24

Metaphor

Answer 24

a direct comparison of two unlike things without using like or as

Question 25

Personification

Answer 25

giving human traits to inanimate objects

Question 26

Hyperbole

Answer 26

an extreme exaggeration

Question 27

Oxymoron

Answer 27

a thing that doesn't make sense: Jumbo Shrimp

Question 28

Pun

Answer 28

play on words

Question 29

Idiom

Answer 29

a phrase that doesn't make sense: Hit the road

Question 30

Alliteration

Answer 30

same beginning consonant sound over and over: She sells seashells

Question 31

Onomatopoeia

Answer 31

a word representing a sound: BUZZ

Question 32

Symbolism

Answer 32

an object represents something else

Question 33

Imagery

Answer 33

words that create a picture in your mind

Question 34

Irony

Answer 34

knowing something a character in the book doesn't know

Question 35

Allusion

Answer 35

making a reference to something most people know

Question 36

Foreshadowing

Answer 36

hinting what might happen later in a story

Question 37

Flashback

Answer 37

making a reference to something earlier in a story