Poetry
What is the difference between a metaphor and a simile?
A simile is the comparison of two unlike things using the words 'like' or 'as' and a metaphor is the comparison of two unlike things without using the words 'like' or 'as'
Solve the following multiplication problem without a calculator: 517 x 12 = ?
6204
What is a suffragette?
Someone (usually a woman) who fought for women's right to vote during the late 1800s/early 1900s
There are 8 different types of intelligence according to Howard Gardner. Name 2 of them.
Linguistic intelligence, logical-mathematical intelligence, musical intelligence, spatial intelligence, bodily-kinesthetic intelligence, intrapersonal intelligence, interpersonal intelligence, and Naturalist intelligence.
Name two of the four poems that you could have chosen to read about on Monday.
Still I Rise by Maya Angelou, Tupac's biography, Sonnet 130 by Shakespeare, and A Dream Deferred by Langston Hughes.
Use long division without a calculator to solve the following equation: 7,670 divided by 65
118
In what year did the Seneca Falls Convention occur? (Seneca Falls Convention = the first time a group of women formally asked Congress for the right to vote)
1848
According to the format that you could have used to write a song yesterday, arrange the following words/phrases in order of what comes first to what comes last:
Verse 2, Chorus, Pre-Chorus, Verse 1, Pre-Chorus, Ending, Chorus.
Verse 1, Pre-Chorus, Chorus, Verse 2, Pre-Chorus, Chorus, Ending.
Spell the following three words:
Radioactive
Apostrophe
Parliament
Find the mean, median, mode, and range of the following set of numbers: 2, 5, 9, 3, 5, 4, 7
Mean: 5
Median: 5
Mode: 5
Range: 2
What were the names of the three suffragettes that you could have chosen to read about on Wednesday?
Carrie Chapman Catt, Alice Paul, and Ida B. Wells
Yesterday, we went over 8 ways in which you can appropriately critique music. Name 3 of them.
Encourage others to discuss the music with you, form an opinion before saying it out loud, you must describe the strengths and weaknesses of the song, listen to the song a few times before forming an opinion, read closely and analyze the lyrics, consider the music itself, research the historical context, and ask yourself who this music/this song usually appeals to.
What is a nature poem? What is a autobiographical symbolism poem?
A nature poem is a poem about nature and a autobiographical symbolism is a poem where you choose different animals, colors, objects, etc. that you feel represent/symbolize you in order to write a poem about yourself.
Solve the following equation by finding a common denominator: 3/4 + 1/2 - 3/10 = ? (Note: your answer should be a fraction; remember to simplify!)
Common Denominator = 20
15/20 + 10/20 - 6/20 = 19/20
Cannot be simplified, so that is the final answer.
1. The 14th amendment granted ________.
2. The 19th amendment granted ________.
1. African American men the right to vote
2. (White) women the right to vote
Left brained people tend to be more ____ and ____ while right brained people tend to be more ____ and ____. There were five options for each side, identify two each (four total).
Left - analytical, logical, mathematically and scientifically inclined, verbal and concise, or detail oriented.
Right - visual, intuitive (pick up on other peoples' feelings), imaginative, non-verbal, and spatial.
Name 5 different types of poems that you could compose (there were 11 that we learned about Monday but I will accept any answer).
Nature, symbolism, blackout poems, haiku, cinquain, tanka, limerick, concrete, acrostic, diamante, Sonnet, etc.
Solve the following equation for B using the distributive property: 3(-6x+2-8b) = -12b+36
There were three main strategies that women used to gain the right to vote according to the 'Teaching Tolerance' packet that we read. What were they?
Define the following three words that pertain to music: tempo, acapella, and genre
Tempo: The speed at which a passage of music should be played
Acapella: A style of singing without musical accompaniment (only voice)
Genre: A category of artistic composition (how similar songs are grouped together)