Wordly Wise
Parts of Speech
Poetic Devices
Correct the errors
Irena's Children
100

Overwhelm

v. To defeat utterly and completely.

v. To deeply affect the mind or emotions of.

v. To upset; turn over

adj. Great in strength or effect.

100

Noun

Person, place, thing or idea.

100

Metaphor

A comparison not using like or as.

100

Difference between there / they're / their

There = location.

Their = a possession of some ones or a group of people

They're = they are

100

Who was Jolanta?

One of Irena Sendler's code names.

200

Repudiate

v. To refuse to support; to reject.

200

Conjunction

A joining word.

200

Alliteration

The beginning sounds the same.

200

's vs s

s = plural

's = belongs to someone

200

Where were the deportation trains taking people to?

Treblinka.

300

Trifling

adj. Of little value, importance, or meaning.

300

Preposition

Describes a placement of two nouns.

300

Assonance

The vowel sound is the same.
300

Its vs it's

Its = possessive form of it for ownership

It's = it is

300
Name three ways Irena got kids out of the ghettoes.
Babies in toolboxes, briefcases, potato sacks, dirty laundry, under dresses, in boots, etc.
400

Momentus

adj. Very important

400

Article

The, a, an.

400

Onomatopoeia

The sound of the word IS the sound of the action.

400

their going to ottowa next weekend

They're going to Ottawa next weekend.

400

Name three ways the Nazis mistreated the Jewish.

Dragged them along streets, shot people for no reason, made people wear armbands, restricted from going places, forced in the ghettoes, deported to death camps, etc.

500

Staunch

adj. Faithful; true; strong.

500

Adverb

Modifies a verb. (Ends in ly).

500

Irony

An unexpected twist or turn.

500

in the privious yaer everyone did'nt do Well on gramer,

In the previous year, everyone didn't do well on grammar.

500

What happened to Ewa, Ala, and Rachela?

Ewa was deported or killed by suffocation. 

Ala died in a fire in a labor camp rebellion.

Rachela survived but changed her identity to Karolina.


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