BASE & Bronx Pride
What school borough are we proud to call home?
What is the Bronx?
These three letters—A, E, and I—are examples of this type of letter.
What are vowels?
The main character of a story is often referred to by this literary term.
What is the protagonist?
A comparison between two things using the words "like" or "as" is called this.
What is a simile?
Combining what you read with what you already know to make a smart guess is called making an...
What is an inference?
What do the four letters in our school acronym B.A.S.E. stand for?
What is Bronx Academy for Software Engineering?
A word that means the exact opposite of another word is called this.
What is an antonym?
The time and place in which a story takes place is called this.
What is the setting?
Giving human characteristics or actions to non-human objects is known as this.
What is personification?
When you retell a story in your own words focusing only on the main ideas, you are doing this.
What is summarizing?
Name all four of BASE's core school values.
What are Understanding Self, Valuing Diversity, Creating Dialogue, and Taking Action?
In the word "unbelievable," the part "un-" at the beginning is known as this.
What is a prefix?
The turning point or most intense moment of a story's plot is called this.
What is the climax?
"The calm cat crept silently" is an example of this device, where starting consonant sounds repeat.
What is alliteration?
In informational texts, a short phrase printed above a section to tell you what it is about is called this.
What is a heading (or subheading)?
Name a landmark is located right here in our borough, just a few blocks away from BASE.
What is the Bronx Zoo?
What word describes clues around an unfamiliar word that help you figure out its meaning?
What are context clues?
A character who actively opposes or works against the main character is called this.
What is the antagonist?
An extreme exaggeration used to make a point (e.g., "I'm so hungry I could eat a horse") is called this.
What is a hyperbole?
Determining whether a statement is a fact or an opinion: "Reading for 15 minutes a day improves vocabulary."
What is a fact?
Which BASE core value is demonstrated when students listen to different perspectives during a classroom discussion?
What is Creating Dialogue (or Valuing Diversity)?
Words that sound identical but have different spellings and meanings (like there, their, and they're) are called this.
What are homophones?
The central message, lesson, or underlying moral of a fictional story is called this.
What is the theme?
Words that imitate real-world sounds, such as buzz, crash, or pow, are called this.
What is onomatopoeia?
The persuasive choices an author makes are called this.
What are rhetorical choices?