Poetry
Give ONE example of figurative language.
EITHER simile, metaphor, hyperbole or personification
What was the minimum amount of words to get total points (declamation)?
300
Name THREE book club books available for the book club unit.
EITHER, They Both Die at the End, Superman Smashes the Clan, All American Boys, The Downstairs Girl, The Thing about Jellyfish, The Truth as Told by Mason Buttle, Turtle All Summer Long, The Seventh Most Important Thing, Brown Girl Dreaming, King and the Dragon Flies, City of Embers, Dragon Pearl, or the Children of Blood and Bone.
What was the most suspenseful short story?
The Landlady
What is Ms. Evan's dog's name?
Dawson
What is an end-stopped line?
a line of poetry that ends in punctuation to put emphasis on the sentence.
Who wrote I am Not Cool?
Steve Carrell
Who was the main character of the first book we read?
Ponyboy
What were the notes we took in the short story unit?
Breadcrumb notes
What was the last unit in math?
Statistics
Who wrote the poem, Valentine for Ernest Mann?
Naomi Shihab Nye
What was the first type of personal essay we looked at?
I Believe
What story did we read that was during the Great Depression?
Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry
Who were the evil, monster children in The Veldt?
Peter and Wendy
Can a worm live without its head?
Yes
Give TWO examples of sound devices.
COULD BE onomatopoeia, alliteration, slant rhyme, internal rhyme, assonance, consonance, or personification.
What was the title of Stephan King's personal essay?
Guide to Movie Snacks
What were Johnny's famous last words?
"Stay gold, Ponyboy, stay gold"
What was the first short story we read?
Seventh Grade by Gary Soto
How many moons does Jupiter have?
79
Give ALL examples of figurative language.
Simile, metaphor, hyperbole, personification.
What was the highest number of words in the class, and who declaimed it?
723 and Ari
What were the first names of the Wallaces in Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry?
Kaleb, Thurston, and Dewberry
Who wrote The Landlady, and what were two other books they wrote?
Roald Dahl and Matilda, The BFG, Charlie and The Chocolate Factory, James and the Giant Peach, The Witches, Fantastic Mr. Fox, The Twits, The Magic Finger (all other written are accepted as well)
What was our first life lesson?
Bitcoin