Current Events
The two teams that played in the Superbowl.
What are the Philadelphia Eagles and Kansas City Chiefs?
Three social issues in the story Marigolds.
Poverty
racism
Great Depression
segregation
The illusiveness of the American Dream
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Juxtaposition
contrasting ideas alongside each other
True or false
Conventions mean grammar
true
Nicknamed "The Greatest", he is regarded as one of the most significant sports figures of the 20th century
Muhammad Ali
They are the quarterbacks for 2023.
Who are Patrick Mahomes and Jalen Hurts?
Name the writer of the story Marigolds.
Eugenia Collier
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Elite
best of the best
True or false
A topic sentence is the same as the main idea.
True
She said these words:
"If you don't like something, change it. If you can't change it, change your attitude."
Maya Angelou
Rihanna was dressed in _________(color) and ____________ (movement) on a stage.
What are red and floating.
Finish the quote "fly like a ______________________ sting like a _______________; the hand______________________ what the ____________ .
Fly like a butterfly, sting like a bee; the hands can't catch what the eyes can't see.
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new and improved
A thesis is the same as the topic sentence.
false
He broke NBA scoring record with his 38,388th point, surpassing Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
LeBron James
Syria and Turkey suffered this devastating disaster.
What is an earthquake?
This book is a satirical allegory.
Animal Farm
Rhymes with participate and means to do in turn.
reciprocate
Parallel structure
Mae Jemison is an astronaut who worked as a college professor, bioengineer, and as a guest star on Str Trek.
Mae Jemison is an astronaut who worked as a college professor, as a bioengineer, and as a guest star on Str Trek.
President Joseph R. Biden, Jr., appointed her to the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit in 2021 and then nominated her as an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court in 2022. She took her seat on June 30, 2022.
Ketanji Brown Jackson, Associate Justice,
The US military shot down this object recently.
What is a Chinese spy balloon?
Finish the quote
"Power ________________ and absolute power ____________________.
Power corrupts and absolute power corrupts absolutely.
Rhymes with conscious and means wild and out of control.
rambunctious
Define nostalgia in three ways...
function
example
negation
-- describe a feeling
-- remembering your childhood
-- is not forgetting
Said these words
"Aint I a woman"
Sojourner Truth