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The four astronauts who returned to Earth received a standing ovation when they arrived at the Johnson Space Center Saturday in what city
What is Houston, Texas?
Nearly one third of which country's gas stations have run out of fuel and key roadways have been blocked as part of protests over rising fuel costs?
What is Ireland?
This text structure explains how two or more things are alike and different using clue words like similar, different, and both.
What is compare and contrast?
This type of figurative language compares two unlike things without using “like” or “as,” often to deepen meaning or create imagery.
What is a metaphor?
This is the most intense moment in the story when the main conflict reaches a turning point.
What is the climax?
In what ocean did the Orion capsule splash down in on Friday?
What is the Pacific Ocean?
What is a group of Penguins called on land?
What is a Colony?
This structure shows how one event leads to another and often uses words like because, since, and as a result.
What is cause and effect?
This figurative language gives human qualities to nonhuman things, often helping readers better connect emotionally to the text.
What is personification?
This part of the story introduces the characters, setting, and main conflict.
What is the exposition?
What is the name of the U.S. Navy ship the astronauts were flown to after picked up from the Ocean?
What is the USS John P. Murtha?
Climate change is pushing two iconic species closer to extinction; the Emperor penguin and what other animal
What is the Antarctic fur seal?
This structure lists steps or events in the order they happen, using words like first, next, and finally.
What is sequence (chronological order)?
This type of figurative language exaggerates for emphasis or effect and is not meant to be taken literally.
What is hyperbole?
This is a conclusion a reader makes by combining text evidence with their own background knowledge. (make an educated guess)
What is an inference?
What is NASA now focused on?
What is landing on the moon?
Factors like declining food availability, warming ocean waters, and what other factor are wreaking havoc on the ecosystem of the two animals recently added to the rest list of threatened species?
What is melting sea ice?
This structure presents a problem and then gives one or more possible solutions to fix it.
What is problem and solution?
This figurative language uses “like” or “as” to compare two unlike things, often helping readers visualize a scene.
What is a simile?
This part of the plot occurs after the climax and shows how the conflict begins to resolve, often revealing the consequences of the turning point.
What is the falling action?
When is the Artemis 4 mission?
What is 2028?
What is 1999?
In this structure, the author describes a topic by listing characteristics, features, or examples.
What is description?
This figurative language uses words that imitate sounds, helping the reader hear what is happening in the text (like buzz, crash, or sizzle).
What is onomatopoeia?
This element of plot focuses on the central struggle between opposing forces, which drives the events of the story forward.
What is conflict?