Blast From the Past
The 4 mother countries during the Age of Exploration.
What are England, France, Spain, and Portugal?
The official name of the journal project.
What is the Voice & Verse journal.
Name this literary device: a thing that represents or stands for something else, especially a material object representing something abstract.
What is a symbol?
Fill in the blanks: I live with _______ and _______.
Who are Victor and Ravioli?
The two major historical periods of the Age of Exploration.
What are the Middle Ages and the Early Modern Period?
The author of the novel we are currently reading.
Who is Kwame Alexander?
Name this literary device: comparing two things without using the words "like" or "as".
What is a metaphor?
My brother's name and the city he currently lives in.
Who is Adriano, and what is Milan?
The man who invented the printing press.
Who is Johannes Gutenberg?
The author of the excerpt "Why Schools Don't Educate".
Who is Gatto?
The definition of verbomania.
What is the excessive use of words?
The song that inspired the Voice and Verse journal project on my way to school.
What is "Linger" by the Cranberries?
The three principles of humanist thought.
What are reason, observation, and experimentation?
The title of the short story we read, written by Jason Reynolds.
What is "Eraser Tattoo"?
The definition of onomatophobia.
What is the fear of hearing a certain word?
My exact wedding date.
When is September 26, 2026?
The year of the Treaty of Tordesillas and who it was signed by.
What is Spain and Portugal in 1494?
The difference between a theme statement and a topic sentence.
The theme statement is the big message or lesson the author wants you to learn. It’s universal and applies to life, not just the story. The topic sentence is the main idea of one paragraph you are writing.
Define sweven.
What is a dream or vision?
The "special" power that I believe I have.
What is connecting with the spirit world (being a medium)?