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What is the main idea of a text?
Central point or key message the author is trying to get across to the reader.
What is the total angle measure of all triangles?
180 degrees
What is the slope represented in this equation?
y = 4x + 2
4
What is the capital of our country?
Washington DC
What was the first mascot of Suffield HS?
Wildcats
Define a metaphor and provide an example.
Comparing two things and stating one is like the other. (ex. "He is a couch potato")
What is the total exterior angle measure of all polygons?
360 degrees
What is the slope of this equation?
y-3 = 1/2(x + 5)
1/2
Who wrote Romeo and Juliet?
William Shakespeare
What major river runs through Suffield CT?
The Connecticut River
Provide a question hook statement for this topic: Riding a dirtbike.
"Have you ever seen someone fly 40 feet in the air off a jump and land it perfectly?"
"Do you know what it feels like to go really fast through a hairpin turn?"
What is the formula to calculate the total interior angle measure of a polygon?
(n-2)180
Solve for x:
x/4 = 12
48
What is the largest ocean on Earth?
Pacific Ocean
What decade was Suffield HS first built? (1900s, 1910s, 1920s etc.)
1930s (1939)
What is alliteration?
The same sound repeating at the beginning of two or more words back to back. (ex. The snake slithers slowly.)
What is the total interior angle measure of an octogon?
(n-2)180
(8-2)180
(6)180
1080
Solve for x:
12 - 3x = 6x - 6
2
What is the largest country in the world?
Russia
What century did Suffield become a town in CT? (1600s, 1700s, 1800s, 1900s, etc.)
1700s (1749)
What is the literary device that utilizes exaggeration to get its point across?
Hyperbole (ex. "That ice cream cone was so tall it must have been a mile high")
Calculate the circumference of a circle with a radius of 12.
24 x 3.14 = 75.36
What is the formula for area of a triangle?
(1/2) base x height OR base x height / 2
What is the smallest continent in the world?
Australia
Suffield is home to the first factory of what in the US? (hint: its a product made by something farmed in this area)
First cigar factory