Vocab
What is a series of actions intended to accomplish a goal?
Campaign
What is a simile and metaphor?
Simile: a comparison between two things using "like" or "as"
Metaphor: comparison between two things without using "like" or "as"
A verdict is a ___?
Decision reached at the end of a trial.
What is a simple subject? What is a compound sentence?
A main word or words that tell what or whom a sentence is about.
A sentence with two or more clauses connected by a coordinating conjunction
To be arrogant
What is a synonym for custody?
Guardianship, care, keeping
What is an example of an idiom?
It's raining cats and dogs, it costs an arm and a leg, a piece of cake, etc.
What does it mean to segregate something?
To keep separate or apart.
What can be boycotted?
A company/store, the law, products, as place
The act of boycotting means to ___
To join others in refusing to support an organization.
What is the definition of degrade?
To bring shame or disgrace upon
What is personification?
When one writes about inanimate objects as if they were alive.
What is an antonym for detain?
Free
What are three facts about Meg from 'A Wrinkle in Time'?
She is awkward, clumsy, she has brown hair, defensive
What is a ceremony?
A formal event held in honor of a special occasion.
What is a violation?
A breaking of or failing to keep something like a law or promise
Give me an example of a simile and a metaphor.
Simile: compares using like or as; Metaphor: compares without using like or as
What does it mean if something is supreme.
It is the highest in rank or position.
Name three characters from our novel thus far.
Meg, Charles Wallace, Mrs. Whatsit, Mrs. Who, Calvin
Correctly use triumph and triumphant in a sentence.
Definition: a noteworthy sentence; joyful over a victory or success
Correctly use integrate and integration in a sentence.
Definition: to unite into a whole; the act of uniting or bringing together
Give me an example of personification.
Personification: when one writes about inanimate objects as if they were alive.
To be triumphant means ___.
To be joyful over a victory or success.
What is a claim? What is a statement?
A claim is a sentence that can be argued and evidence can be found to prove the claim.
A statement is the act of stating or declaring, something that is factual
What does it mean to violate someone?
To break, as a law or a promise; to treat in an improper or disrespectful way