Figurative Language
Summer of the Mariposas
English Basics
OCASA-CP Behavior Norms
Grab Bag
100

A comparison between two unlike things

What is a metaphor?

100

The novel's narrator; we see the events from her point of view

Who is Odelia?

100

A person, place, or thing

What is a noun?

100

This is what you should be spending AT LEAST 20 minutes per day on in mentoring

What is Freckle?

100

In what year was Mrs. Corrigan born?

What is 1984?

200

A comparison between two unlike things, using "like" or "as"

What is a simile?

200

At one point, she is "nervous as a ratoncita" 

Who is Pita?

200

An action word

What is a verb?

200

Three things you should ALWAYS bring to class

What are a computer, a charger, and something to write with?

200

This is where you should submit your homework at the beginning of every class

What is the yellow basket? - P5

What is the green basket? - P6

300

Giving a inanimate object human-like characteristics 

What is personification?

300

The twins in the novel

Who are Delia and Velia?

300

This part of speech describes or modifies a noun, such as a SALTY snack, or an ANNOYED teacher

What is an adjective?

300

This is the minimum grade that is considered passing at our school

What is 70%?

300

The names of Mrs. Corrigan's two cats

Who are Louie and Rocky?

400

Use of exaggeration to emphasize a point

What is hyperbole?

400

She is the second-oldest sister, and the quickest to get angry

Who is Juanita?

400

This is the best way to catch errors before you submit work

What is proofreading? 

Or, What is editing?

400

The name of our school counselor

Who is Ms. Lee?

400

Language that creates a mental image for the reader, using sensory descriptions 

What is imagery?

500

Using language that means the opposite of what you mean for humor or dramatic effect

What is verbal irony?

500

This character gives a pair of magical earrings to the oldest sister

Who is La Llorona?

500

In middle school, a complete paragraph has AT LEAST this many sentences

What is 5?

500

These are the three days that you can come in the morning for Mrs. Corrigan's office hours

What are Tuesday, Thursday, and Friday?

500

A play on words based on two words that are close in sound but different in meaning

What is a pun?

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