English 10 - 1st Summative Test Vocabulary Flashcards

Vocabulary flashcards covering mythological characters, textual aids, and reflexive pronouns from the notes.

Acrisius

King of Argos; foretold that his grandson would kill him, leading to Danae and Perseus’s concealment.

Danae

Princess of Argos; imprisoned by Acrisius in a bronze chamber; mother of Perseus.

Perseus

Greek hero who beheaded Medusa with help from Athena and Hermes; son of Danae.

Perdix

Nephew of Daedalus; transformed into a partridge by Athena after his clever invention.

Andromeda

Princess saved from the sea monster Cetus by Perseus; daughter of Cepheus and Cassiopeia.

Cetus

Sea monster that threatened Cepheus and Cassiopeia’s kingdom as punishment for Cassiopeia’s vanity.

Cepheus

King of the region; husband of Cassiopeia; father of Andromeda.

Cassiopeia

Queen who boasted about beauty, leading to the judgment by the sea monster Cetus.

Daedalus

Master craftsman who built wings to escape King Minos.

Minos

King of Crete who imprisoned Daedalus and his son as part of the myth about the labyrinth.

Orpheus

Legendary musician who tried to retrieve Eurydice from the Underworld; warned not to look back.

Athena

Goddess who aided Perseus by giving him a polished mirrored shield for Medusa’s beheading.

Medusa

Gorgon whose gaze turns onlookers to stone; slain by Perseus.

Arachne

Mortal weaver who boasted she could weave better than Athena; transformed into a spider.

Hades

God of the Underworld; commanded Orpheus not to look back while retrieving Eurydice.

Dictys

Fisherman who raised Perseus on Seriphos after he and Danae were cast away.

Wings

Wings crafted by Daedalus from feathers and wax; used to escape from Crete.

Fishbone Diagram

A graphic organizer used for root-cause analysis; a non-linear illustration of causes.

Pie Chart

Graphic organizer showing parts of a whole as sectors of a circle.

Timeline

Graphic organizer that places events in chronological order along a line.

Venn Diagram

Graphic organizer with overlapping circles to compare and contrast ideas.

The Adventures of fom

Example of a title (textual aid); illustrates what a title is in a text.

Ourselves

Reflexive pronoun referring back to the subject (we) in a sentence.

Herself

Reflexive pronoun referring back to a female subject.

Themselves

Reflexive pronoun referring back to a plural subject.

Itself

Reflexive pronoun referring back to a non-human subject or thing.