Vocabulary
to retell or summarize (this word starts with "r" and contains five letters)
What is recap?
A family memoir written by Kao Kalia Yang about her family's experience moving to Minnesota from a refugee camp in Thailand.
What is The Latehomecomer?
Spell the word that is the plural form of tornado.
What is T-O-R-N-A-D-O-E-S?
The 46th president of the United States.
Who is Joe Biden?
The repetition of vowel sounds.
What is assonance?
a reference to a well-known person, place, event, literary work, or work of art
What is allusion?
Written by Jeanne Wakatsuki Houston, this novel documents the experience of the Wakatsuki family in an internment camp during WWII.
What is Farewell to Manzanar?
Ancient Egyptians built tall four-sided monuments called obelisks, whose tops were pointed and sometimes covered in gold and silver.
PLURAL POSSESSIVE or PLURAL NOUN?
What is a plural noun?
One thing that people can do to slow the spread of the Coronavirus.
What is ______? (one of the following)
stay home
wear a mask
keep a distance of 6 ft. from others
wash hands
the repetition of consonant sounds at the beginning of words
What is alliteration?
this word is a verb that means to blame or scold
What is chide?
This was found and published by the father of Anne Frank.
What is the Diary of a Young Girl?
How many articles did Tyler write before his publisher offered him a book contract?
WHAT KIND OF SENTENCE IS THIS?
interrogative, exclamatory, or imperative?
What is interrogative?
The mascot of Blackstock Junior High School.
What is a panther?
a short story or event, either humorous or relevant to a situation
What is an anecdote?
a historical account or biography written from personal knowledge or special sources
What is a memoir?
He took care of Asahi Market for the Takasugi family during the time they were held at the Gila River internment camp in Arizona, during WWII.
Who was Ignacio Carmona?
The next-door neighbors of my elderly grandparents.
COMPLETE SENTENCE or FRAGMENT?
What is a fragment?
The mascot of E.O. Green Junior High School.
What is a hornet?
an often-repeated or overused expression
What is a cliche?
in low spirits from loss of hope or courage
What is despondent?
In Chicago, there is a program for refugees that helps them to grow healthy food, obtain additional income, and to promote better physical and mental health and encourage greater community integration. What is it?
What is gardening?
What is urban farming?
What is farming?
What is the Agricultural Partnership Program?
There are numerous economic consequences of drought: for example, farmers may lose money when crops die, and the cost of food may increase.
SELECT THE TWO ADJECTIVES IN THE SENTENCE.
What are numerous and economic?
Who is Gavin Newsom?
a rant, a loud or energetic speech
What is a diatribe?