word study
examples of....
Greece/Rome Rome
word study 2
Random LArts
100
a comparison using "as" or "like"
What is a simile?
100
my really dark jeans bled onto my hands
What is personification?
100
the volcano that erupted in Pompeii
What is Mt. Vesuvius?
100
information deliberately spread widely to help or harm a person or group
What is propaganda?
100
In "Zooming through outer space, superman must look out for asteroids" What rule does the "Z" follow?
What is use a capital letter to start a sentence?
200
It is the action or storyline.
What is the plot?
200
a cup of coffee steaming, beckoning to me it will be gone soon!
What is a haiku?
200
the main temple of Greek gods and goddesses
What is the Parthenon?
200
a preconceived opinion or feeling towards something or someone
What is prejudice?
200
How should every sentence finish?
What is ending punctuation?
300
metaphor
What is giving one object the traits of another?
300
In the sentence "The snail shell, round, smooth, and as shiny as glass" what is shell?
What is the subject?
300
where gladiators fought
What is the Colosseum?
300
a form of artistic composition, as in music or literature, marked by a particular style, form or content
What is genre?
300
the reason an author writes
What is author's purpose?
400
representing things as if they are people
What is personification?
400
The mockingbird mama is a warrior, charging at any who dare mess with the babies.
What is a metaphor?
400
the city that was hit by the volcano before it hit Pompeii
What is Herculinean?
400
the subject or idea
What is theme?
400
words used to paint a picture in someone's mind
What is imagery?
500
to require, often with force, the separation of a specific racial, religious or other group from society
What is segregate?
500
"Painting the vast sky with hot pink, vivid orange, and deep amethyst, the setting sun disappeared with impact yet without a word."
What is imagery?
500
god of the underworld
What is Hades?
500
"hatred of Jews"
What is anti-Semitism?
500
shows action or "state of being"
What is a verb?
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