A comparison using “like” or “as.”
What is a simile?
The value of 7².
What is 49?
The powerhouse of the cell.
What is the mitochondria?
The first President of the United States.
Who is George Washington?
The capital of the United States.
What is Washington, D.C.?
The main message or lesson of a story is called this.
What is theme?
A triangle with all sides equal is called this.
What is an equilateral triangle?
The process plants use to make their own food.
What is photosynthesis?
The document that begins with “We the People.”
What is the Constitution?
There are this many branches of government.
What is three?
The perspective using “I,” “me,” or “we.”
What is first-person point of view?
Solve: 3x + 12 = 21
What is x = 3?
The force that keeps planets in orbit around the sun.
What is gravity?
The war fought between the North and South from 1861–1865.
What is the Civil War?
The largest ocean on Earth.
What is the Pacific Ocean?
The part of the plot where the conflict is at its highest point.
What is the climax?
The formula for the area of a circle.
What is πr²?
The process where liquid water turns into water vapor.
What is evaporation?
The movement led by Martin Luther King Jr. to end segregation.
What is the Civil Rights Movement?
This is both a right and a responsibility of every qualified U.S. citizen.
What is voting?
A claim supported by reasons and evidence is called this type of writing.
What is argumentative writing?
The slope of a line that goes straight across (horizontal).
What is 0?
The three particles that make up an atom.
What are protons, neutrons, and electrons?
The 19th Amendment gave this group the right to vote.
Who are women?
A system where citizens vote for representatives to make decisions.
What is a democracy (or representative democracy)?