"Lights, Camera, Action!"
Triple Threat
Fill in the blank with the correct verb.
Despite the pouring rain during the first half of the game, the storm began to ____________ (verb) just in time for the varsity team to score the winning touchdown.
Abate
Fill in the blank with a vocab word that begins with an "A"
The autumn shadows fall across the hall,
Where laughter used to fill the silent air;
The aching grief begins to slowly _____________ (verb),
Yet leaves behind a heavy, quiet care.
Your absent voice still whispers through the gate.
Bonus Points: What kind of poem?
Abate; Elegy
What is the synonym of the italicized word?
Although the original draft of his college essay was solid, he realized it was a bit plump with redundant adjectives and trimmed 200 words to make his argument punchier.
Corpulent
Triple Threat
Name the antonym of the italicized word.
Despite competing fiercely for the same college scholarship, the two seniors refused to let any mutual animosity ruin their long-standing friendship during their final semester.
Beneficence
Whose song is this?
Soulja Boy Tell'em-Crank That (Soulja Boy)
by Soulja Boy
Ms. Sloan
Fill in the blank with the correct verb.
After the team repeatedly ignored safety protocols during the chemistry lab, the teacher felt compelled to publicly _____________ (verb) them for jeopardizing the class's safety.
Castigate
Fill in the blank with a vocab word that begins with an "A"
There once was a teacher _____________ (adj),
Whose logic no child could refute;
When excuses were made,
She'd just upgrade their grade,
And hand them a polished brass flute!
What Kind of Poem?
Astute; Limmerick
Triple Threat
What is the synonym of the italicized word?
To the absolute shock of the entire senior class, the administration unexpectedly canceled the long-standing open-campus lunch policy without warning on the first day of school.
Consternation
Name the antonym of the italicized word.
When moderating the debate on artificial intelligence ethics, the senior ensured her stance remained completely neutral so both side's arguments could be evaluated on their own merits.
Biased
Triple Threat
Whose song is this?
Fire Burning by Sean Kingston
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YkyhvCdJ_vM
Ms. Ziegler
Daily Double
Fill in the blank with the correct verb.
Outraged by the newly proposed curfew policy, several stydebt keaders took to the podium during the school board meeting to ___________ (verb) against what they called an unreasonable restriction on their independence.
Fulminate
Daily Double
The morning sun breaks forth with golden light, Yet mid the sky an ____________ (adj) shade
Of silver frost transforms the summer night,
And turns to ice the blossom in the glade.
For nature's custom yields to curious fate,
When strange wonders bloom outside their state.
What kind of poem?
Anomalous
Shakesperan Sonnet
What is the synonym of the italicized word?
While analyzing the tragedy in class, the student debated whether the protagonist's refusal to discard his childhood journal was a moment of genuine grief or merely a sentimental gesture that held him back from moving on.
Lachrymose
Name the antonym of the italicized word.
The literary critic's analysis served to illuminate the subtle themes of isolation that ran throughout the novel, helping the AP Literature students grasp the author's underlying message.
Obfuscate
Whose song is this?
Yeah! by Usher ft. Lil Jon and Ludacris
Ms. Viggiano
Fill in the blank with the correct verb.
After a grueling three-hour football practice in the late afternoon heat, a simple snack wasn't enough to __________ (verb) Alex's massive appetite, so he devured two full plates of pasta at dinner.
Satiate
Fill in the blank with a vocab word that begins with an "A"
A goofy alien landed on my roof,
Demanding a snack and demaing some proof
That cheese was a thing, thoug his visit was purely ___________ (adj),
He ate all my pizza, declaed it was delicious,
And blasted away with a burp and a "whoof!"
What kind of poem?
Adventitious
Silly (regular) poem
What is the synonym of the italicized word?
During the final peer-review session, the teacher noticed a peculiar trend in the class's essay drafts: almost half the students had cited the exact same obscure primary source without providing a bibliography.
Anomalous
Daily Double
Name the antonym of the italicized word.
After months of grueling college application deadlines and late-night studying, the onset of spring break injected a fresh surge of vitality into the exhausted senior class.
Torpor
Fill in the blank with the correct verb.
Rather than answering the auditor's direct questions about the company's declining revenue, the CEO attempted to __________ (verb) the financial losses behind dense wll of corporate jargon and complex spreadsheets.
Obfuscate
Fill in the blank with a vocab word that begins with an "A"
Group work in math class
An ______________ (adj) to those
Who prefer to sleep.
What kind of poem?
Anathema; Haiku
What is the synonym of the italicized word?
When the power grid failed, students from neighboring classrooms crowded into the hallway to see if the entire school had gone dark.
Contiguous
Daily Double
Name the antonym of the italicized word.
Though the novel was thoroughly entertaining, the students realized its surface-level humor obscured a sharper critique of modern social hierarchies.
Didactic
Mr. Crotty