Figures of Speech
A comparison made between two things, using the words "like" or "as" (The shirt is as yellow as the sun ~ Alex)
Similie
Scott's topic featured a famous hockey player.
Sidney Crosby
A poem from Japan with a syllable count of 5/7/5
Haiku
The infamous villain, he loved to be in control but in the end found out that you cannot control others...
The Man in the Yellow Suit
What does F.E.R.T. stand for?
Flower Emergency Response Team
An effect created when several words in a sentence begin with the same letter (Sam saw a seal sip soda ~ Nikki)
Alliteration
Lucas did this topic, an important day during the Second World War
D-Day
The Limerick, a short, often humorous poem, came from this country.
Ireland
The older of the two Tuck brothers.
Miles
The creator of the "Bolt the Wolf" 5A mascot contender.
Zohaan
When a sound is similar to the word that it stands for (Pop! The lid of a bottle of wine popped off ~ William)
Onomatopoeia
Kim Campbell was studied by this student.
Seun
A poem named for the four lines it always has
The author of the book (no googling!)
Natalie Babbitt
The most popular marble team in 5A, in terms of the number of people cheering for it
Orangers
Extreme exaggeration (I am so fast I could beat a cheetah ~ David)
Hyperbole
Mia's topic covered a tragic event on Canada's east coast.
The Halifax Explosion
A poem with no rules - write from the heart!
Free Verse
Would living forever be a good thing? A majority of our class answered...
No
Level one on the complaining tracker was called
Mr. Rodenburg's Paradise
When a non-human displays human characteristics (The telephone screams at me ~ Patrick)
Personification
Theo's topic featured an animal of the Prairies.
The Bison
"When the Dutch were in fear, the Canadians came. When the Dutch were in pain, the Canadians came. When the Dutch were in need, the Canadians came. When everything seemed hopeless... the Canadians still came."
Who wrote this poem?
Ariana!
Treegap
The name of our smallest snail is...
Luna