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What is a simile ?
A simile is figure of speech using like or as.
What does responsibility mean ?
Having control over something or someone.
Who was Sojourner Truth ?
She was an American Abolitionist. She was also a women rights activist.
What is the myth Arachne about ?
A lady who knew how to thread. Everyone in the village thought she was good. She was very cocky. Athena disguised her self as a old lady and challenged Arachne to a thread war.
What does pathos represent ?
Pathos represents the emotions of the audiences.
What is a metaphor ?
A metaphor is a type of figure of speech NOT using like or as.
What are the 5 core values ?
Respect, Scholarship, Resilience, Responsibility, and Community.
Who is Michelle Obama ?
She is a lawyer and the first African American lady to become president.
What is Helios & Phaethon about ?
They had a friendly competition and then Phaethon one. Helios got mad and started making up lies says that Phaethon was never with his dad and hasn't met him. Phaethon said that his dad was teaching him ride the sun chariot and Helios wanted prove.
What is a legend ?
A traditional story sometimes popularly regarded as historical but unauthenticated.
What is logos ?
Logos is persuading an audience using logic.
What does it mean to be resilience ?
The capacity to recover quickly from difficulties.
Who is Rubi Bridges ?
She is a the first African-American child to attend an all-white public elementary school in the American South.
What is a myth ?
A traditional story,explaining some natural or social phenomenon, and typically involving supernatural beings or events.
What are internal and external forces ?
Internal force means that you can control emotions from the inside. External forces means that you can not control it.
What does biased mean ?
Biased means unfairly being against someone or something.
What does it mean to have respect ?
Respect means to be kind to everyone.
Who was Rosa Parks?
She refuse to leave her seat for a white passenger on a segregated bus.
What is the myth Icarus & Daedalus about ?
Icarus & Daedalus were trapped up in a very tall tower because of a greedy king that won't let them. The father and son invented wings that made then fly. The wings were made out of wax and bird feathers. They put on the wings and fly out of the tower. The father told the son or else your wings with melt and that is exactly what the son did.
What is it called when you give human characteristic to a non-living things ?
Personification
What does boasting mean ?
Boasting mean bragging or pridefuly talking.
Why are core values important ?
To keep our community safe.
Who is Shirley Chisholm ?
She was an American politician, educator, indicator, and author.
What is the difference of a myth and a legend ?
Myths tend to be associated with gods and religion, while legends tend to be concerned with heroes and heroins.
What is a adjective ?
A word or phrase naming an attribute, added to or grammatically related to a noun to modify or describe it.