It Figures (Language)
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Word Wizard
Knock It Out of The PARCC (Key Words)
Mystery Category #2
100
The huge buffalo rumbled forward, a hairy mountain running at top speed
What is an example of a metaphor?
100
This organizer is used to take notes to think through various situations of the writing process. (You may do this while taking notes in class like history...It uses Roman Numerals for Main Headings, Capital Letter SUB-Headings, and Lowercase letter info.
What are outlines?
100
A word that contains the prefix that means across... **telegraph **receiver **transmitter
What is transmitter?
100
This is the main focus of a literary work or passage. You probably learned it as "main idea." **PARCC uses this question in a lot of its passages.
What is the central idea of the passage?
100
Name 2 of the 3 BHMS teachers/staff that played college basketball.
Who are Mrs. Poole, Mr. Rodgers, and/or Mr. Mallarnee?
200
The bridge stands tall. It never slouches.
What is an example of personification?
200
These are made of overlapping circles and are used to compare and contrast.
What are Venn Diagrams?
200
A word that contains the suffix that means without... **enormous **harmless **estuary
What is harmless?
200
This strategy includes listing just the main idea and the most important details (should be factual or objective and shorter that the original text)
What is an objective summary?
200
Name the 2 BHMS teachers that played college softball.
Who are Mrs. Poole & Mrs. Neeley?
300
The snake slipped silently and slowly into the stream.
What is an example of an alliteration?
300
In this organizer, ideas, images, and feelings are organized around a word or an idea in many circles. (Think of pre-writing organizers used in your research papers or other big topic writing with multiple topics)
What are clustering or webbing graphic organizers?
300
A word that has the prefix that means against... **antisocial **prenatal **rejuvenate
What is antisocial?
300
This strategy uses information from the text along with your own knowledge and experience to figure out or make an educated guess (Previous knowledge + text)
What is an inference?
300
The BHMS 8th grade teacher (other than Mr. & Mrs. Neeley) that went to West Liberty University.
Who is Mrs. Hutchison?
400
Pretty Ugly; Icy Hot; Soft Rock; Freezer Burn; Clearly Misunderstood
What are examples of oxymorons?
400
This organizer is used to describe the order of something (very similar to text structure)
What are sequencing of events organizers?
400
A word that has a root that means "to write" ... **biographic **retrograde **audiophile
What is biographic?
400
In this strategy, you decide or make a judgement about something based on information and what you already know...it is not an inference. (Hint: It sounds like something Mr. Koppelman may ask you to do in his class)
What is draw a conclusion?
400
The BHMS teacher that played college baseball.
Who is Mr. Pasiuk?
500
**All the toilets in New York's police stations have been stolen. The police have nothing to go on. **This girl said she recognized me from the vegetarian club, but I'd never met herbivore.
What are examples of puns?
500
This organizer is a special form of a diagram; consists of cells that contain a CONCEPT(hint hint) such as items, questions or links - (think of science class)
What is a concept map?
500
A word that has a suffix that means "in a particular way" ... **thoughtful **judiciously **judgement
What is judiciously?
500
In this strategy or method, you start with an opinion and then you support that opinion with facts ...it is like a claim.
What is a reasoned judgement?
500
Name the 2 of the 3 BHMS 8th grade teachers that played college football.
Who are Mr. Hill, Mr. Shipley, and Mr. Moyer?
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