Punctuation
Root Words
Figurative Language
Famous Authors
Mifflin-laneous
100
Identify the term for the punctuation.
Exclamation mark
100
What does the root hydro mean?
Water
100
What type of figurative language does this example use: Ms. Ramos races red rovers refurbished in Rwanda.
A. Hyperbole
B. Symbolism
C. Onomatopoeia
D. Alliteration
D. Alliteration
Alliteration is a fun sound device. It is the repetition of the first consonant sounds in several words.
100
Famous English playwright. Some of his famous works include Romeo and Juliet, Hamlet and King Lear.
William Shakespeare
100
What is one of our 3 Rs (core values) at Mifflin High School?
Be ready, be responsible and be respectful
200
Identify the term for the punctuation.
Quotation marks
200
What does the root geo mean?
Earth
200
What type of figurative language does this example use: Mifflin High School is an icebox.
A. Simile
B. Metaphor
C. Alliteration
D. Personification
B. Metaphor
When you use a metaphor, you make a statement that doesn't literally make sense. For example, "Time is a thief." Time is not actually stealing from you, but this conveys the idea that hours or days sometimes seem to slip by without you noticing. Metaphors only make sense when the similarities between the two things being compared are apparent or readers understand the connection between the two words.
200
Author of the Raven, The Black Cat & The Tell Tale Heart.
Edgar Allan Poe
200
Who is our school's principal?
Ms. Rodriguez
300
Identify the term for the punctuation.
Comma (or apostrophe)
300
What does the root auto mean?
Self
300
What type of figurative language does this example use: When Ms. Hoenshell was in school, she had to walk 15 miles to school, uphill both ways!
A. Hyperbole
B. Metaphor
C. Onomatopoeia
D. Personification
A. Hyperbole
A hyperbole is an outrageous exaggeration that emphasizes a point. It tends toward the ridiculous or the funny. Hyperbole adds color and depth to a character.
300
This famous author was a founder of the NAACP. He was the first black man to go to Harvard. Some of his books include The Souls of Black Folks, Darkwater: Voices from within the Veil & The Talented Tenth.
WEB Du Bois
300
What is a "Cow puncher"?
A cowboy or herder
400
Identify the term for the punctuation.
Colon
400
What does the root cracy mean?
To rule
400
What type of figurative language does this example use: Mr. Smith snores as loudly as a freight train.
A. Simile
B. Cliché
C. Onomatopoeia
D. Alliteration
A. Simile
A simile is a comparison that uses like or as
400
This famous Harlem Renaissance poet wrote Harlem, Mother to Son and I, Too, Sing America.
Langston Hughes
400
Name one of our school guidance counselors.
Cole, Simatacolos or Rundio
500
Identify the term for the punctuation.
Semicolon
500
What does the root chrono mean?
Time
500
What type of figurative language does this example use: Mochi the cat purred when was petted.
A. Hyperbole
B. Metaphor
C. Onomatopoeia
D. Personification
C. Onomatopoeia
Onomatopoeia is also a sound device where the words sound like their meaning or mimic sounds. They add a level of fun and reality to writing.
500
This famous female British author wrote books including Pride and Prejudice, Emma, & Sense and Sensibility.
Jane Austen
500
Identify one Mifflin teacher who is retiring this year.
Ms. Cowen, Mr. Slipsky, Mr. Price, Ms. Randall