Idiom Meanings
Text features and structures
Figurative Language
"Spiders"
Vocabulary
MCCS Trivia
100

Hit the nail on the head

did/said exactly the right thing

100
Which text structure uses a venn diagram?

Compare and contrast

100

This type of figurative language uses words like "like" or "as" to make comparisons.

Simile

100

Who wrote "Spiders"?

Nic Bishop

100

What does predator mean?

animal that hunts

100

Name four 2nd grade teachers

Ayala, Agosto, Perez, Franklin, Alacron

200

Hit the hay

go to sleep

200

What text structure tells what happens and why it happens?

Cause and effect

200

Name the figurative language: The leaves danced in the wind.

Personaification

200

What is the abdomen?

The back of the spider

200

A fixed way to do something

routine

200

Where was Ms. Ayala born?

Homestead

300

Cost an arm and a leg

it was expensive

300

What is a sentence or phrase under a picture called?

caption

300

Name all the figurative language types

simile, metaphor, personification, alliteration, onomatopoeia, idiom  

300

FREE POINTS

:)

300

Antonym for extraordinary

Ordinary, Usual

300

What is the front desk person's name?

Ms. Avila / Ms. Lupita

400

Flying off the handle

getting angry

400

How many types of text structures are there?

5

400

This type of figurative language uses sayings like "raining cats and dogs" or "a chip on your shoulder".

Idiom

400

What is the spider skin called?

chitin

400

synonym for accountable

responsible

400

Name the school colors

blue, gold, and white

500

Under the weather

feeling sick

500

LOSE POINTS

:)

500

This type of figurative language is used to make a comparison of one thing to another without the use of like or as: “This class is a zoo”.

Metaphor

500

Name 3 Spiders from the text

long jawed, green lynx, cobalt blue tarantula, huntsman, black widow, black and yellow, orb web,

500

synonym for compassionate

sympathetic 

500

How many students are in 404?

25

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