Words are Power
Poetic Devices
Genres
Onyx Team
Reading Comprehension
100
Means before.
What is pre?
100
A comparison using like or as.
What is a simile?
100
Factual literature.
What is non-fiction?
100
Formerly a professional photographer.
Who is Mr. Berg?
100
The writer's attitude in a story.
What is tone?
200
Based on the prefix meaning "to demonstrate", this term denoted one who demontrates illustrations.
What is an illustrator?
200
A comparison of two seemingly unlike things.
What is a metaphor?
200
Literature created from the imagination.
What is fiction?
200
Owns a puppy named Bower.
Who is Mr. Watson?
200
Causes a character to behave in a certain way.
What is motivation?
300
The meaning of geology, based on the root geo, and the suffix -ology.
What is the study of the earth?
300
Sally sells seashells by the seashore is an example of this device.
What is alliteration?
300
A form of literature that sometimes rhymes, and often uses devices like metaphor, simile, and form.
What is poetry?
300
Has climbed mountains in Alaska.
Who is Ms. Connell?
300
A life lesson conveyed throughout the story.
What is the theme?
400
Qualities of one who is amiable.
What is lovely or loving?
400
Giving human qualities to a non-human subject.
What is personification?
400
A story told in dialogue, and meant to be performed.
What is drama?
400
Three AMS teachers who have taught together for over 12 years.
Who are Berg, Carpenter, and Watson?
400
Tells us what happens in the story, including a conflict and resolution.
What is the plot?
500
To fill with water.
What is to hydrate?
500
Sound words like "moo", "ouch", or "pow".
What is onomatopoeia?
500
A non-fiction piece that focuses in on a specific memory in someone's life.
What is a memoir?
500
The team known for being a NO TWO ZONE!
What is the Onyx Team?
500
Three strategies for active reading that helped us prepare to dominate the MCAS!
What are reading aloud, thinking aloud, and drawing aloud? (Bonus: predicting)
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