Poetry
Russia
Europe
Canada
Figurative Lang.
100
This is the term called when you say or do the opposite of what you actually mean in order to make a point? (Sarcasm is an example.)
What is irony?
100
What is the name of the northern region is Russia that is extremely cold and barren?
Siberia
100
What countries make up the BENELUX countries?
Belgium, Netherlands, and Luxembourg
100
What is the capital of Canada
Ottowa
100
What is a comparison of two unlike things using the words as or like?
Simile
200
This is the repetition of beginning consonant sounds that can establish a mood or emphasize certain words.
What is alliteration?
200
What is the capital or Russia?
Moscow
200
What is the capital of Great Britain?
London
200
What is the name of Canada's newest territory?
Nunavut
200
What is a comparison between two unlike things in which one object is directly referred to as the other?
Metaphor
300
This is a group of lines in a poem that form a unit.
What is a Stanza?
300
type of government and economy did Russia have up until 1991?
Communist government & Command EconomyWhat
300
What is the E.U., and what are 2 of the benefits of joining?
European Union -exchange of workers -common currency -free trade
300
In what part of Canada do most Canadians live?
The South, near the United States border
300
What is an exaggeration? "He was tall enough to reach the sky"
Hyperbole
400
What is the name of two rhyming lines in a poem which are next to one another?
couplet
400
What are 4 problems that exist in Russia today?
Economy, pollution, corruption, poverty, Dependence on natural gas & oil
400
Greenland is actually considered to be a part of which European country?
Denmark
400
What is the name of the people who live in Nunavut?
The Inuit
400
What is a form of figurative language where the phrase should not be taken literally? "He kicked the bucket."
Idiom
500
What is the name of a word with a sound that echoes its meaning?
Onomatopoeia
500
What are the names of the 2 policies that Gorbachev introduced to Russia in the mid 1980s that helped the nation move towards democracy?
Glasnost and peristroika
500
Which countries make up the United Kingdom?
Northern Ireland, Scotland, England, Wales
500
What are 2 of the 3 maritime provinces?
Prince Edward Island, Nova Scotia, or New Foundland
500
What type of figurative language is this? "The tree's limbs held the boy safely in its arms and rocked him gently."
Personification
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