This word, from the Taino native people of Cuba, Jamaica, Haiti, the Dominican Republic, and Puerto Rico, means "a swinging couch or bed usually made of netting or canvas and slung by cords from supports at each end."
What is a "hammock?"
100
These are the words at the top of the page that help us find the specific word we are looking for.
What are the "guide words?"
100
When we want to keep a book for another 2 weeks, we ask to do this to our book.
What is "renew?"
100
The title "City of Ember" belongs in this genre.
What is "dystopian fiction?"
100
This is the term we use to describe online tools like Facebook, Instagram and Twitter.
What is "social media?"
200
This word, from the Japanese, means "a very high, large wave in the ocean that is usually caused by an earthquake under the sea and that can cause great destruction when it reaches land."
What is a "tsunami?"
200
This is the feature of a dictionary that helps us say the word correctly.
What is the "phonetic pronunciation" or the "pronunciation guide?"
200
This is the place we go to check out a book or ask for help in the LMC.
What is the "circulation desk?"
200
The title "Crispin, the cross of lead" by Avi belongs in this genre.
What is "historical fiction?"
200
This is what we have to sign or click on in order to access the internet on networks like LivNet or in public places such as Barnes & Noble to access their guest wi-fi.
What is the "acceptable use policy?"
300
This word, from the Arabic, means "a branch of mathematics that uses numbers and letters that represent numbers."
What is "algebra?"
300
This is the term we use to describe how a word functions--verb, noun, adjective, etc.
What is "part of speech?"
300
This is the name for the system we use to classify non-fiction books.
What is the "Dewey Decimal System?"
300
These writers--Shel Silverstein, Jack Prelutsky, and Emily Dickinson--have written in this genre.
What is "poetry?"
300
This is the term we use to describe the electronic posting of mean-spirited messages about a person (as a student) often done anonymously.
What is "cyberbullying?"
400
This color of clothing (especially pants) come from the Hindi and it means "color of dust, dusty" and we sometimes call it beige.
What is "khaki?"
400
These are any one of the parts into which a word is naturally divided when it is pronounced. Dictionaries tell us how many of them there are and which one is stressed.
What are "syllables?"
400
This is what you do to request a book that is currently checked out to another person.
What is "place a hold?"
400
The authors Kazu Kibuishi, Jennifer Holm, and Jeff Smith have published in this genre.
What is "graphic novel?"
400
This is the term we use to describing the "place" where information is stored on the Internet.
What is "the cloud," as in cloud computing.
500
Someone might say this expression to you after you sneeze, from the German for "good health."
What is "gesundheit?"
500
This is the name of the man we consider to be the Father of the American dictionary.
What is "Noah Webster?"
500
This is the name of our online computer library catalog.
What is "Destiny Quest?"
500
The stories about Greg Heffley belong in this genre.
What is "realistic fiction?"
500
This is the name for companies that sell us Internet access, like Bright House or Comcast.