Vocabulary
a commotion; a riot
tumult
True or False: when you are marking major titles in your writing you should put the title in quotation marks.
False
The following is an example of what?
I move fast like a cheetah on the Serengeti
Simile
Which Roman mythological character is distraught when she finds her lover, who has committed suicide thinking she was dead?
Thisbe
The world's longest river is?
The Nile
to seize and hold a position by force or without right
Usurp
The who, or what, a sentence is about is called it's what?
subject
She's drowning in a sea of grief, is an example of what figurative language?
metaphor
The child Okonkwo wished was a boy
Ezenima
Which bird has the largest wingspan?
The wandering albatross
loose in one’s morals or behaviors
dissolute
A command is which type of a sentence?
imperative
Her head was spinning from all the new information, is an example of what?
Hyperbole
Wishes people took the time to understand her neighborhood and not think it just as bad, because she knows the people and "all brown, all around" helps her feel safe.
Esperanza
What is part of your skeletal system but not considered a bone?
Your teeth (made up of enamel and dentin, not bone!)
something foreign or unknown
alien
The Nutcracker is one of my favorite plays, as I really love the "Dance of the Sugar Plums".
What is the major work being discussed in this sentence?
The Nutcracker Ballet
The sky misses the sun at night, is an example of?
Personification
The goddess of marriage
Hera or Juno
Who painted the Mona Lisa?
Leonardo da Vinci
elastic; able to spring back
resilient
If a group of words is missing either the subject, predicate, or is an incomplete thought it is referred to as a?
She was living her life in chains, exemplifies what?
Symbolism - Chains are a symbol of oppression of entrapment
Her pride lead to her fall, despite her out-weaving Minerva
The powerhouse of the cell
Mitochondria