Language Arts
This literary device essentially consists of sounds that people, animals and things make. "Cluck," "splash," "Chomp," and "pow" are all examples of what sound device?
onomatopoeia
Words associated with this musical element include "largo", "andante", and "Allegro". Which element is measured by a metronome, and determines the speed at which a composition is performed.
Tempo
Some accounts called this tall tael figure "half-horse, half alligator" and claimed he could "outrun, out-hop, out jump, throw down, drag out, and lick any many in the country!" A bull once dragged him over briars and stumps, and he shot a whiskey cup off his friend's head. Name this semi-legendary figure nicknamed "king of the keelboatmen."
Mike Fink
Make a statement:
EX: I am a student.
declarative
Atoms are made up of small particles that give them their elemental properties. Name the subatomic particle, located in the atom's nucleus that is close in number to the number of protons and carries no charge.
neutron
Who wrote Little Women?
Louisa May Alcott
This musical symbol resembles a lower case letter B. Like a sharp, it is canceled by a natural. Name the accidental that lowers a note's pitch by one half-step.
flat
Tall tales insist that both this man and Davy Crockett killed bears at the age of three. After growing up, this man allegedly wooed his wife Rebecca while fire hunting deer one night. Identify this tall tale figure, whose real counterpart blazed the Wilderness Road through the Cumberland Gap.
Daniel Boone
Ask a question:
EX: Are you a student?
Interrogative
This type of simple machine has a thick edge tapering to a thin edge. As the machine is driven into space, it will separate or split an object or objects. Name this type of simple machine, of which an axe head, knife, and chisel are examples.
wedge
This part of speech can be subordinating, coordinating, or correlative. Examples include "as soon as," "Wherever," "either," "and" and "but." Which part of speech sentences, phrases, clauses, and single words?
conjunction
This type of musical scale can be natural, melodic, or harmonic. Many listeners think they should sound sadder than their counterparts. What are these scales, which each have a relative major one?
minor
This legendary figure, whose stove covered an acre, once tamed the Whistling River. As a baby, he floated on a raft off the coast of Maine, but his family moved to Minnesota when they discovered the East was too small for him. Identify this tall tale logger, whose sidekick was Babe the Blue Ox.
Paul Bunyan
Give a command:
Welcome the new student.
Imperative
As you lift a box from the floor to a shelf, you transfer energy to the box to overcome the force of gravity. The transfer of energy that occurs when a force is applied over a distance is known as what scientific measure?
Work
This part of speech can be indefinite, demonstrative, or interrogative. Examples include 'itself," "that,' and "she." Which part of speech takes place of a noun?
pronoun
All of the instruments in this family produce noise by striking one object against another. Name this family of instruments, to which the marimba, the tambourine, and cymbals belong.
Percussion
If this tall tale figure actually existed, he was likely a freed slave who worked on West Virgina's railroads. He represents humanity's--particularly African Americans'-uncrushable spirit, which a machine can't duplicate. Name this steel-driving man, who died after defeating a steam drill in a competition.
John Henry
express a feeling/Form an expression:
There are so many students here!
Exclamatory
As water drips through cracks and crevices in a cave, it picks up small particles of limestone in each drop. As these drops hang from the ceiling of the cave and the water evaporates, the limestone particles are left behind, forming spikes along the ceiling. What is the scientific namer these spikes that can be seen hanging from the ceilings of caves?
Stalactities
L. Fran Baum wrote a magical story about a little girl wanting to get back to Kansas. She meets a woodman and cowardly lion in a fantasy land. What is this book>
THE WONDERUFL Wizard of OZ.
This musical accidental represents a note's unaltered pitch. Name this mark, which cancels sharps and flats.
NAtural
This gal tale man was an actual person who died in 1900 at age 37. He saved passengers' and his fireman's life, but died with one hand on the whistle and the other on the brake. Identify this railroad engineer.
Casey Jones
Mark went to the meeting and Ally stayed home.
Two independent phrases joined by a conjunction
Compound
Draco is an example of this specialized formation of celestial bodies that maintain their shape over the course of centuries. What is the name of these specialized groups of stars, of which Ursa Minor is another example?
constellations