What type of figurative language is this: These days, you might say it slithers like a snake and swims like a tadpole.
simile
100
What is it called when the narrator tells their story?
first person point of view
100
So Jason and Jeremy floated off beyond the waves.
Jason and Jeremy
200
Logical has the Greek root log, meaning "word" or "study". Which is most likely to come from the same root as logical: ecology, reasonable, scholar, logjam
ecology
200
Why would an author include a picture in their writing?
To show the reader what something looks like.
200
The sea was full of life and colors.
was full of life and colors.
300
By modern standards, the finished computer is a dinosaur. Why does the author compare Babbage's computer to a dinosaur in the sentence above?
to emphasize that the computer is greatly outdated
300
Why do authors use subheadings?
to help the reader identify different parts of the story.
300
Last summer, Jason tried snorkeling, he did it for the first time.
It is a comma splice
400
monologue comes from two Greek roots, "mono" and "log". Log means "word" or "study". What do you think mono means? alone, short, two, or written
What is alone
400
What do we call when the author has a strong opinion about something?
biased
400
Jason had lost one of his fins, which wasn't fastened on right.
which wasn't fastened on right
500
Babbage's death delayed what might have been the beginning of the computer revolution. It was nearly 100 years later, in 1944, that the world's first practical computer was finally built. What does the word revolution mean?
a complete change in the way things are done
500
On the last day in Death Valley, we saw a rainbow, got caught in a snow shower, and waited out a sandstorm in the car.
What can you conclude about Death Valley based on the details above?