Spelling
What is the spelling of the word for one single item? (A ____ of cake)
What is PIECE?
What is the term used to define that attention-getting beginning of an essay?
What is a hook?
These were the three main destinations of fugitives on the Underground Railroad.
What are Canada, Mexico, and the Caribbean?
The literary device in which multiple words in a row begin with the same sound.
"Sally sells seashells"
What is alliteration?
What is the perspective from which a story is told; may be first person, third person, or less commonly, second person?
What is point-of-view?
What is the form of spelling for the possessive pronoun to show it belongs to them?
What is THEIR?
What is the name given to this universal idea statement that addresses the main focus of your essay?
What is a thesis statement or claim?
What is a box?
The literary device used to help a reader visualize what's happening.
"The bright sun was shining in the sky. There wasn't a cloud in sight."
What is imagery?
What is the spelling for the head administrator of our school?
What is PRINCIPAL?
What is the first step in the writing process?
What is pre-writing or planning?
The name of the constellation (true name or nickname) that fugitive enslaved people followed to escape to the North.
What is the Drinking Gourd or the Big Dipper?
The literary device in which human characteristics are given to something nonhuman.
"The wind howled with rage."
What is personification?
What is the correct spelling of the month that falls between January and March?
What is FEBRUARY?
What is the part of the writing process where a student will make additions or deletions of ideas to make the essay flow better and have better voice?
What is revision?
The name for individuals in the US and Europe actively advocating for the end of enslavement.
What is an abolitionist?
The poetic device in which a word sounds like a sound.
"Zip", "Boom"
What is onomatopeia?
What is the correct spelling of the word that mean "allows" someone to do something.
What is LETS?
What is the name for words used to connect ideas or guide readers through the different parts of your essay?
What are transition words?
The big secret of the enslavement that everyone knew about and no one talked about.
What is white men fathering enslaved children?
The name of the poetic device in which one thing stands for something else, especially an idea.
What is symbolism?