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Percy's description of Typhon combines awe and terror through the Chrysler Building simile, grounding the incomprehensible in a familiar image. Vocabulary density (encountered, humanoid, vaguely) and the playful-yet-frightening comparison earn this passage study.
the giant was bigger than anything I'd ever encountered even my demigod eyes couldn't make out its exact form through the Ash and fire but it was vaguely humanoid and so huge it could have used the kr...
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Discussion Questions
Narration Prompt
Tell someone what happened in this chapter in order. When you get to the most important part, slow down and tell it carefully — what happened, why it mattered, and what you think about it.
Discussion Questions
- When Clarise and Michael argue about loot while Selena is crying over Beckendorf, Percy yells at them to stop. Was Percy right to yell, or might Clarise have had a good reason for being upset about something important to her? What in the story makes you think so?
- After Percy reads the Great Prophecy and learns he might die at sixteen, he says 'if I die, I die' and wants to move on. What in the story makes you think Percy is being truly brave, and what makes you think he might be hiding how scared he really feels?
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Vocabulary Builder
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Refusing to do what someone says, even when they are in charge
Item 2
Sounding empty and sad, like all the feeling has drained away
Item 3
Feeling bad about something wrong that was said or done
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