Reading
Which genre of book is it called when the author write a story about his/her own life?
Autobiography
What are the 5 parts of an expository/informational essay?
Introduction, 3 body paragraphs, Conclusion
What is the difference between area, volume and perimeter? Define each and tell me what types of units each uses.
area- measures the space INSIDE a 2-D object, uses squared units
volume- measures the space INSIDE a 3-D object, uses cubic units
perimeter- measures the DISTANCE AROUND a 2-D object, uses linear (1-D) units
This is the largest planet.
What is Jupiter?
I was the son of Darius
Who is Xerces?
"My head is spinning like a top" is an example of what type of figurative language?
Simile
What is the first part of the plot map of a story called?
What is the exposition?
4 1/3 + 5 3/5=
9 14/15
This can enter the earth's orbit and be called a shooting star.
What is a meteor?
This was happened in ancient Greece after Paris stole Queen Helen of Sparta.
What is the Trojan war?
A piece of writing that has stanzas, lines and sometimes rhymes is called....
poetry
This poetic device represents a repetition of the first sounds in a line. There should be at least 2 repeating sounds to be called this.
What is alliteration?
Subtract.
9 1/2 - 7 9/10=
1 3/5
This simple machine is used in an ax.
What is a wedge?
This city was named after a goddess and was where many philosophers lived.
What is Athens?
This is a group of letters added to the end of a root word.
What is a suffix?
This part of speech shows when and where.
What is a preposition?
Jonathan watched a beetle, an ant and a spider on the sidewalk. The beetle crawled 11/12 of a yard and the spider crawled 7/12 of a yard. The ant crawled the twice the distance of the beetle and the spider combined. How far did the ant travel?
(11/12+7/12) x 2
(18/12) x 2
(1 1/2) x 2
3 yards
What are 2 major differences between the inner and outer planets?
The inner planets are closer to the sun (hotter) and are comprised mostly of rock.
The outer planets are further from the sun (colder) and are comprised mostly of gas.
I was taught by Aristotle and became King of Greece.
Who is Alexander the Great?
This is the most important part of a story where the resolution can be guessed at. Many say it is the turning point of the story.
What is the climax?
This is used in diagramming when you have more than one of anything.
What is a tag?
Joe at 0.4 of a pie. David at 1/3 of what Joe left over. How much pie was left?
(Joe)4/10
(David) 6/10 x 1/3= 6/30
(Amount they ate altogether) 4/10+6/30=18/30 or 3/5
5/5-3/5= 2/5 left over
Identify two factors that influence the amount of change in motion of an object
-force
-friction
We were raised by wolves. And one of us killed the other.
Who are Remus and Romulus?