Figurative Language
Literary Elements
Math Definitions
Using Context Clues
Vocab Action
100
That diamond is as rare as a hen's tooth.
What is simile?
100
Harry Potter takes place at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. The time period is present time in England.
What is setting?
100
Identify the order of operations.
What is Parenthesis, exponents, multiplication, division, addition, subtraction.
100
The boy abhorred brussel sprouts and would eat over a friend's house whenever his mom made this for dinner. Explain what abhorred means.
What is hated or detested?
100
Identify what compare and contrast mean. Give an example.
What is similarities and differences.
200
The windows were so tight they could barely breath.
What is personification?
200
The problem and solution of a story are called:
What are conflict and resolution?
200
Identify dividend, divisor, quotient, and remainder.
What is: The dividend is the number that is being divided. The divisor is the number that the dividend will be divided by. The quotient is the number of times the divisor will go into the dividend. The remainder is a number that is less than the divisor and is too small to be divided by the divisor to form a whole number.
200
When the wind blew, the woman's wig became askew. It looked as if she had shaved half her head. Identify the definition of askew and the context clues you used to figure this out.
What is crooked or off center. You should have used wind and half her head.
200
What is a synonym and antonym of swiftly.
What is quick and slow?
300
Her home was a prison.
What is metaphor?
300
Identify the definition of plot and the elements that are included in it.
What is the sequence of events in a story. Included in plot are exposition, rising action, climax, falling action, conflict, and resolution.
300
Identify mean, median, and mode. For extra credit, identify the synonym of mean.
What is Mean - the average of the numbers (add up all the numbers and divide by the number of numbers.) Median - the middle number (in sequential order) Remember, if there are two add them and divide for the answer. Mode - the number that appears most often. This may be more than one number. Mean = Average
300
The boisterous class was not learning anything in latin class. The constant chatter and getting out of seats of the kids left them with no knowledge of the material for the test. Identify the meaning of boisterous and the context clues used.
What is loud and wild(unruly). The context clues you should have used are chatter and out of seats.
300
Identify the definition of cause and effect and give an example.
What is: cause - to produce a result. effect - a result of a cause.
400
Identify the ideas being compared in the following line: The moon was a ghostly galleon tossed upon cloudy seas,
What is the moon was being compared to a coin that had a ghostly image (not clear and bright)
400
Identify the definition of theme and the theme of most of the Harry Potter series.
What is the moral lesson of the story. The theme of Harry Potter is good overcomes evil.
400
Explain how you convert a percentage to a fraction and vice versa.
What is Up to teacher
400
The grumpy old man always made caustic remarks that hurt his families feelings. No one wanted to spend any time with him. Identify the definition of caustic and the context clues used.
What is acerbic or mean hurtful remarks (like acid)
400
What do the following prefixes mean: re dis non un pre fore
What is re - again dis - not non - not un - not pre - before fore - before
500
Identify the meanings of the following idioms. A Blessing In Disguise: A Chip On Your Shoulder: A Dime A Dozen:
What is A Blessing In Disguise: Something good that isn't recognized at first. A Chip On Your Shoulder: Being upset for something that happened in the past. A Dime A Dozen: Anything that is common and easy to get.
500
Think of the Reading Edge book you most recently read and identify the theme and plot of the story. Remember to include exposition, rising action, climax, falling action, and resolution. You can draw this if you want.
What is teachers perogative.
500
Identify the pythagorean theorem formula and what it is used for.
What is a^2+b^2 = c^2. It used to find the hypotenuse of a triangle.
500
The star was very audacious. She wore loud bold colors and was not at all shy of the camera. Identify the definition of audacious and use it in your own sentence.
What is bold and outgoing and has no fear.
500
Explain what explain, analyze, describe, inform, identify, and persuade mean.
What is explain - to make plain and comprehensible so someone can understand. analyze - looks into parts of something deeper in detail describe - uses adjectives and details to show or convey inform - tells identify - points to specifics persuade - to try and make someone think as you do.
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