Stems/Vocab
This word means "the amount of freedom to move or act that is available"
What is leeway
This term is the author's attitude towards a subject
What is tone
In Wonder, this is Auggie's sister's name
What is Olivia or Via
This type of figurative language uses repeating letters at the beginning of words
What is alliteration
These two teachers will teach Language Arts next year in 7th grade
What is Mrs. Jones (Fisher) and Mrs. Tedder
This stem means infection
What is -itis
This term is the readers feelings about a text
What is mood
In Wonder, what is the principal's name?
What is Mr. Tushman
This type of figurative language means to exaggerate
On interstate 77, these lanes are being installed as we speak
What is toll lanes
The stem -ician means
What is specialist
Decembers are the worst. They are cold, dark, and un-enjoyable. I cannot stand living here in December.
What is negative, angry, or upset
In Girls, Drums & Dangerous Pie, Jeffrey suffered from this type of cancer
What is leukemia
What type of figurative language is this? The trees screamed as the wind ripped them from the ground.
What is personification
This type of bookmarking allows you to access your bookmarks from any device with an internet connection
What is social bookmarking
This stem means government
What is -archy
The tone of the following passage is...
"And the trees all died. They were orange trees. I don’t know why they died, they just died. Something wrong with the soil possibly or maybe the stuff we got from the nursery wasn’t the best. We complained about it. So we’ve got thirty kids there, each kid had his or her own little tree to plant and we’ve got these thirty dead trees. All these kids looking at these little brown sticks, it was depressing."
What is sad, depressing, or dark
In Girls, Drums & Dangerous Pie, Steven shaves his head for this character
What is Jeffrey
What type of figurative language is this? "I'm so hungry, I could eat a horse."
What is hyperbole
This type of words takes the place of a noun in a sentence
What is a pronoun
This stem means "kill"
What is -cide
The tone of this passage...
"This was the last fish we were ever to see Paul catch. My father and I talked about this moment several times later, and whatever our other feelings, we always felt it fitting that, when we saw him catch his last fish, we never saw the fish but only the artistry of the fisherman."
What is reflective, tranquil, sad, etc.
In Wonder, this character befriends Auggie in the cafeteria by turning her back on her friends
What is Summer
Having an emotional reaction to a word means that you have this type of definition in mind
What is connotation
In this story, the main character lives in a futuristic world in which society is divided into five factions
What is Divergent