Mr. Sack Facts
Mr. Sack has worked at Century Middle School for this many years.
What is 10?
A simile is when you compare two things using one of two words.
What is like or as?
Denotation means.
What is the literal/dictionary definition?
What is dystopian?
Mr. Sack's favorite sports teams come from this city.
What is Boston?
What is English?
A metaphor does not use these two words.
What is compare and contrast?
When reading "Slated" and "The Testing" we were tracking words that had an emotion attached to them. This is called.
What is connotation?
Century Middle School was built in this year.
What is 1998?
Mr. Sack has this many degrees.
What is 2?
The stars sang me to sleep is an example of this.
What is personification?
What is dramatic irony?
When reading "THUG", "Martian", or "Paper Towns", we were looking for these three things.
What is suspense, humor, and irony?
Century Middle School was named because of this historical event close to its opening.
What is a new millennium?
Mr. Sack graduated high school in this year.
What is 2009?
"It's raining cats and dogs" is an example of this type of figurative language.
What is an idiom?
In poetry, iambic pentameter is an example of this device.
What is a rhythm or meter?
The purpose of reading a book and watching its movie is to be able to do this.
What is to see how true the movie is to the book?
Mr. Sack's favorite author is one that we have had the chance to read this year.
Who is John Green?
Mr. Sack will be this old next school year.
What is 33?
"I am drowning in a sea of grief" includes these figurative language devices.
What is metaphor and hyperbole?
When something happens early in a text that warns of a future event, it is called this.
What is foreshadowing?
The opposite type of society than the ones in books like "Slated" and "The Testing" are called.
What is a utopia?
Mr. Sack is known for his tattoos. His first one was for this band, his favorite since elementary school.
Who is Blink-182?