Vocab
What is a synonym for the word "mortal"?
Fatal, having to die
What figurative language is this sentence?
The tropical storm slept for two days.
Personification
What is a synonym for the word "annihilated" ?
Destroyed
What is a simple subject? What is a compound sentence?
A main word or words that tell what or whom a sentence is about.
A sentence with two or more clauses connected by a coordinating conjunction
Define plague.
Use it in a sentence.
A deadly disease that spreads rapidly from person to person.
Which vocab words matches the definition.
A person who provides help, especially by giving money.
Benefactor
What is an example of an idiom?
It's raining cats and dogs, it costs an arm and a leg, a piece of cake, etc.
If something is lacking or empty it is __?
Devoid
What is a claim? What is a statement?
A claim is a sentence that can be argued and evidence can be found to prove the claim.
A statement is the act of stating or declaring, something that is factual
What does it mean to muse?
To think about it in a quiet, careful way.
What is the definition of admonish?
To warn
What is alliteration? Give me an example.
Repetition of consonant sounds in words
Use aghast in a sentence.
Struck with horror, shocked
Why did Ellen come to stay with the Johansen family?
The Nazis plan to arrest all the Danish Jews and take them away.
What does it mean of something was unwitting?
It was not done on purpose.
Change the words with a vocab word
The university "gave as an honor" on her an honorary degree.
Bestowed
Give me an example of a simile and a metaphor.
Give me an example of personification.
Simile: compares using like or as; Metaphor: compares without using like or as
When one writes about inanimate objects as if they were alive.
Change the words with a vocab word.
George Washington "opened the way" of President of the U.S.
Pioneered
Who is Henrik and what does he do for a living?
Annemarie's uncle, fisherman
What is an antonym for the word "heedful"?
Inattentive
Correctly use "wrath" in a sentence
Forceful anger, fury
What is a hyperbole? Give me an example.
An extreme exaggeration.
What does it mean if the applause subsided?
It grew quieter
Summarize 'Number The Stars' for the class so far.
Answers vary
What are the two meanings of the word "devious"?
Having many twists or turns, winding
Sneaky