Context Clues
Poems
Free-For All
Figurative Language
100
Because he inspired fear in many of his opponents, Muhammad Ali was a(n) _____ heavyweight fighter?
A. famous
B. energetic
C. proficient
D. intimidating
What is D, intimidating
100
She is as tall and lonely as the mountain-iris, cold and distant.
What is simile
100
What is my Ms. Pierre's favorite color?
What is pink
100
The stars sit on a velvet sky.
What is a metaphor
200
What does the word pitch mean as it is used in this sentence?
Before Marie told the principal about her idea, she decided to pitch it to a few of her teachers.
What is to present.
200
Pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables in a line of poetry
What is rhythm
200
I just keep him satisfied through the weekend You're like 9 to 5, I'm the weekend
What is SZA- Weekend.
200
Drip-hiss-drip-hiss fall the raindrops / on the oaken log which burns, and steams, and smokes the ceiling beams. / Drip-hiss-the rain never stops.
What is hyperbole
300
What does the word discharged mean as it is used in the sentence?
My sister had to stay in the hospital for three days before the doctor discharged her and allowed her to go home.
What is released.
300
Two lines or phrases are repeated
What is refrain
300
When was GCA built?
What is 2012
300
The clouds pass over the polished mirror of the sky.
What is a metaphor
400
The light from the fire illuminated the dark room and made it possible for Renee to find the Key to her office.
What is light
400
"Hope is the thing with feathers?" Ha! Then my hope must be a goose.
North for a season,
Then back south,
Up and down,
Here and gone again.
My hope is a change
To the supreme law of the land,
An amendment that grants women power
Through the ballot box.
But my hope is like a migrating bird,
Here and gone again.
Sometime my hope land
There on Capitol Hill.
A few admire its powerful wings, urge it to stay-
But not enough.
My hope take flight,
Here and gone again.
The phrase "But my hope is like a migrating bird" in the second stanza of "Hope Is a Change" means that the speaker's hope __________
A.reaches new heights.
B. inspires others.
C. surprises others.
D. stays only for a short time.
What is D.
400
Ms. Pierre's number 1 rule is
What is not talking over Ms. Pierre.
400
Fame is a bee. / It has a song -- / It has a sting --
What is a metaphor.
500
She ruminated over the question because she wanted to make suer that she understood it.
What is thought deeply, pondered
500
"Hope is the thing with feathers?" Ha! Then my hope must be a goose.
North for a season,
Then back south,
Up and down,
Here and gone again.
My hope is a change
To the supreme law of the land,
An amendment that grants women power
Through the ballot box.
But my hope is like a migrating bird,
Here and gone again.
Sometime my hope land
There on Capitol Hill.
A few admire its powerful wings, urge it to stay-
But not enough.
My hope take flight,
Here and gone again.
Which statement best summarizes the theme of "Hope?"
A. Hope endures.
B. Hope is a bird.
C. Hope is strange.
D. Hope eludes storms
What is A; hope endures.
500
Will Ms. Pierre be here after Christmas break?
What is NAHH!
500
Death has reared himself a throne / In a strange city lying alone
What is Personification.
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