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True or False. Elephants can jump.
False
Is this sentence a simile or a metaphor?
The way the girl ran, she was a bolt of lightning.
metaphor
What was something Fredrick Douglass could do that other slaves could not?
Read, write, speak eloquently.
What other country helped the patriots in the Revolutionary War?
The French or Spain
What type of pet does Ms. Christina have? Bonus point if you can remember her name.
A cat, Lacey
What day of the week does American Thanksgiving always fall on?
Thursday
What is alliteration? Give an example.
Repeating letter or sound.
Using context clues, what does the italicized word mean?
Everyone was surprised when Steve started to talk, he was such a pauciloquent person.
Someone who does not speak often, a quite person.
Who wrote the Declaration of Independence, bonus points if you can tell me when it was signed?
Thomas Jefferson, 1776
Where did Ms. Christina go to college?
California State Monterey Bay
What is the only letter that does not appear in any names of the 50 United States?
X
what type of figurative language is this?
The chair sighed in relief as the old woman sunk in.
Personification
What is a scientific reason that people might like being scared?
They have a Big T personality, your body reacts the same way as if it was excited, or it helps protect you.
What was the 3/5ths compromise?
When slaves counted as 3/5ths of a person for population counts.
What is Ms. Christina's favorite baseball team?
The A's
What was the most downloaded app so far in 2020?
Tiktok
What is a oxymoron? Give an example.
An oxymoron is two words together that are opposites.
What is a motif? Give one example of a motif in Of Mice and Men.
A motif is a theme/idea/action that repeats in a literary work and adds to the main idea.
How many state senators does each state get?
2
What is Ms. Christina's Favorite movie?
I will give a hint after 1 min.
Remember the Titans
What is a single string of spaghetti called?
A spaghetto
What type of figurative language is this?
I will never be happy again!
Hyperbole
What is the name of the format we use to turn in our essays?
MLA
What starts with these words, "We the people of the United States, In order to form a more perfect union..."
The Constitution
When is Ms. Christina's Birthday?
December 8th