"The lightning danced across the sky" is an example of this literary device where human traits are given to non-human things.
What is personification?
This "Party" in 1773 involved colonists' protesting "taxation without representation" by dumping crates of tea into the harbor.
What is the Boston Tea Party?
Solve for x: -5x + 15 = 40.
What is -5?
Often called the "brain" of the cell, this organelle contains the genetic material (DNA).
What is the nucleus?
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What is Harry Potter?
In a story, this is the turning point or the moment of highest tension.
What is the climax?
This 1776 document, primarily written by Thomas Jefferson, declared the thirteen colonies free from British rule.
What is the Declaration of Independence?
If a map's scale is 1 inch = 10 miles, this is how many miles are represented by 5 inches.
What is 50 miles?
This is the process by which plants use sunlight, water, and carbon dioxide to create food.
What is photosynthesis?
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What is The Lion King?
"Her eyes were glistening jewels" is an example of this comparison that does not use "like" or "as."
What is a metaphor?
These first ten amendments to the Constitution protect individual liberties like freedom of speech and religion.
What is the Bill of Rights?
This is the value of |-15| + 5.
What is 20?
Unlike animal cells, plant cells have this rigid outer layer for extra support and protection.
What is the cell wall?
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What is Spider-Man?
This is the perspective from which a story is told when the narrator uses pronouns like "I," "me," and "my."
What is first-person point of view?
This 1770 event, where British soldiers fired into a crowd of colonists, was used as powerful propaganda by Paul Revere.
What is the Boston Massacre?
This is the constant of proportionality ($k$) in the equation y = 8x.
What is 8?
In the levels of biological organization, this comes after "cells" but before "organs."
What is tissue?
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What is Titanic?
This term describes a struggle between a character and an outside force, such as nature or another person.
What is external conflict?
Under the Articles of Confederation, the federal government lacked this specific power, making it nearly impossible to pay off war debts.
What is the power to tax?
A $60 sweater is on sale for 25% off. This is the total discount in dollars.
What is $15?
This organelle is known as the "powerhouse" because it converts nutrients into energy (ATP).
What is the mitochondria?
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What is The Hunger Games?