ELA PSSA
What is a metaphor?
Comparison not using like or as
What is the term for an angle larger than 90 degrees?
Obtuse Angle
What is alliteration? Give me a definition or an example sentence.
Repeating first sounds / Lucy likes lilacs
Who won the College Basketball championship?
Kansas
I’m light as a feather, yet the strongest person can’t hold me for five minutes. What am I?
Your breath
What is the author point of view? Either a definition or the 3 types
The author's reason for writing the text / 1st, 2nd, 3rd person
How do you find the area of a 2d shape?
Add up all values, divide by number of values
What is an adjective?
A word that describes a noun / a descriptive word
What does NBA stand for?
National Basketball Association
What building has the most stories?
What is the term for the central thought a text expresses?
*Main Idea*
How much can a water bottle hold–– What is the math term for what this question is asking for?
Volume
What is the absolute value?
The distance of a number from zero
What country did anime originate from?
Japan
Forward I am heavy, but backward I am not. What am I?
What does it mean to compare and contrast?
How things are alike and different
Equation has an equal sign, expression does not
How do you find the circumference?
PI * Radius ^2
What wide receiver caused a sensation during his rookie season with a one-handed catch?
Odell Beckham Jr.
The more you take, the more you leave behind. What are they?
Footsteps
What is the term for a "judgement based on reasoning, rather than an explicit statement"?
Inference
What is a *complementary angle*?
Two angles that add up to 90 degrees
6x +4 = y // What is the coefficient of this equation?
6
Which Jamaican sprinter won gold medals at the 100m, 200m and 4 x 100m relay at three consecutive Olympic Games from 2008 – 2016?
Usain Bolt.
Only one color, but not one size,
Stuck at the bottom, yet easily flies.
Present in sun, but not in rain,
Doing no harm and feeling no pain.
What is it?
A shadow