Class Novels
This is the setting of Where the Red Fern Grows.
The Ozarks/Ozark Mountains
Two words that are used in similes to make comparisons.
Like and As
What is another word for the simple predicate in a sentence?
Verb or action
Figure of speech where a word replaces a sound.
Onomatopoeia
The name of the online program we used only in English this year for Do-Nows.
Quill.
In The Crossover by Kwame Alexander, this character is the narrator of the story.
Josh Bell/Filthy McNasty
The two parts of an independent clause.
Subject and Predicate
The acronym for coordinating conjunctions.
What is FANBOYS?
What is personification?
The type of essay you wrote in this year's ACT Aspire writing test.
In Where the Red Fern Grows, this is the breed of Billy's dogs.
(Redbone) Coonhounds
Two words that represent an action and its consequence. One follows the other. (Also a text structure)
In compound sentences, the punctuation added before a coordinating conjunction.
What is a comma?
A figure of speech that compares two things WITHOUT using "like" or "as"
Metaphor
The name of our class textbook.
What is MyPerspectives?
In The Crossover, this is the injury that made Chuck Bell stop playing basketball.
Two words that represent the relationship between two like or unlike things. (Also a text structure)
Compare and Contrast
What kind of sentences is this?
"I like coffee but Mary likes tea."
Compound
The number of syllables in the second line of a haiku.
7
In Where the Red Fern Grows, what does Billy rub on Little Ann to make her coat shine for the beauty contest?
Butter
Two words that represent the two kinds of definitions that words have. Hint: dictionary vs. implied/understood
Connotation and Denotation
"After playing outside for a few hours, the kids went in for hot chocolate." This sentence is an example of...
Complex sentence
"Peter Piper picked a pack of pickled peppers" is an example of this kind of figure of speech.
What is alliteration?
Ms. Salinas' age.
26