Parts of Speech
Figurative Language
Tubman, Douglass, and the Civil War
Informational Text Structures
100

This part of speech describes ACTIONS.

What are Verbs?

100

This is the type of figurative language that compares two things using "like" or "as"

What is Simile?

100

Frederick Douglass traded bread for this (more valuable) resource.

What is Knowledge?

100

This kind of text structure could be used to organize a history story by the dates when things happened.

What is Sequence / Chronology?

200

This is the part of speech of the word "Bayonet"

What is Noun?

200

This is a type of figurative language that over-exaggerates the truth.

What is Hyperbole?

200

Harriet Tubman used this route to help escaped slaves get their freedom.

What is the Underground Railroad?

200

This kind of text structure could be used to describe similarities and differences between Frederick Douglass and Harriet Tubman.

What is Compare and Contrast?

300

This is the part of speech of the word "serene"

What is Adjective?

300

This is the type of figurative language demonstrated in the sentence: "That snow-go is a piece of junk."

What is Metaphor?

300

Frederick Douglass wrote about his own life in this kind of book.

What is an Autobiography?

300

This kind of text structure would be best for writing about the issue of erosion in Napakiak.

What is Problem and Solution?

400

This is the part of speech of the word "commence"

What is Verb?

400

This type of figurative language makes no literal sense, but can be understood figuratively.

What is Idiom?

400

This is the name of the group of Southern states that fought against the United States during the Civil War.

What is the Confederacy?

400

This kind of text structure uses "therefore" and "because" as two signal words.

What is Cause and Effect?

500

This is the part of speech of the word "despair" in the sentence: Leahy was in a state of despair when none of his students were wearing their masks indoors.

What is Noun?

500

This is the type of figurative language demonstrated in the sentence: The sun smiled down on us.

What is Personification?

500

This was the coded nickname for Harriet Tubman among slaves seeking their freedom.

Who is "Moses"?

500

This kind of text structure uses "first" "second" "next" and "then" as signal words.

What is Sequence / Chronology?