+/- Integers
Figurative Language
Holidays
Hodgepodge
"logy" words
100

3 + -11=

-8

100

Literary element that has the same consonant sound at the beginning of two or more words close together

alliteration

100

In the U.S.A., the 4th Thursday in November

Thanksgiving

100

Of 5,000, 10,000, and 50,000- the number of taste buds the average human has

10,000

100

study of life

biology

200

-20 - (-5) =

15

200

an action or object that means something more than its literal meaning, like the Statue of Liberty and freedom

symbol

200

this holiday comes one week after Palm Sunday

Easter

200

The country that invented tea

China

200

You better like 4-footed creatures if you study zoology

study of animals

300

-62 =

36

300

The literary device in this sentence:  

"Her words are sweeter than honey."

simile

300

today marks this holiday, literally meaning

"Fat Tuesday"

Mardi Gras

300

In the movie, Peter Pan, what does the crocodile swallow?

an alarm clock

300

study of human history by "digging" around

archaeology

400

100 + (-45) =

55

400

the literary device used in this sentence:

"7 ft. 2in.-tall James walked into the room and announced, "Hi! My name is Shorty!"

[verbal] irony

400

The 3rd Monday in January remembers this civil rights leader

Martin Luther King, Jr Holiday

400

The world's largest ocean

Pacific

400

Do you have "time" to explain chronology

in time order

500

-33 =

-27

500

hints about the meaning of an unfamiliar word within the same paragraph

context clues

500

The first Monday in September, many people have a day off from their work.

Labor Day

500

The hardest rock

diamond

500

not to be confused with the study of stars, cosmetology deals with this

hair, nails, and skin

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