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The field trip that 6th grade attends in May.
Camp Soles
the life lesson or central message that can be learned from a story.
theme
What type of figurative language is:
The frog splashed into the pond.
onomatopoeia
What part of speech is a person, place, or thing?
noun
This character tried to poison Percy with a scorpion.
Luke
The number of 6th-grade teachers that have a homeroom.
9
where and when a story takes place; background details.
setting
What type of figurative language is:
The sea lashed against the boat, unwilling to tolerate any more waves; it cracked in half and sank.
personification
What part of speech are words the describe a verb? (examples: quickly, kindly, extremely)
adverb
This character sunk a casino boat for dumping sewage into the ocean water.
The motto of Greensburg Salem School District.
Children First-Engagement Always
the author’s reason for writing a text (persuade, inform, entertain)
author's purpose
What type of figurative language is:
All the world's a stage.
metaphor
Find the appositive phrase in the sentence: The cute little dog, a labrador retriever, chased its tail round and round.
What is a labrador retriever?
This character went insane and ended up in an asylum after being trapped by rats in a lighthouse.
Le Gleo
Give the first and last name of the vice principal and principal.
Ray Francis and David Redinger
how two characters communicate with each other in a story.
character interactions
What type of figurative language is:
A boiled egg for breakfast in the morning is very hard to beat.
pun
What do you call an incomplete sentence?
sentence fragment
This character is the Greek God of metal work, blacksmiths, fire, and carpenters.
Hephaestus
2007
a statement about the text the author believes is true and tries to prove using key details in the text.
author's claim or argument
What type of figurative language is:
I'm no Hercules, but I could open that jelly jar for you.
allusion
Name the three articles.
This character was a mythical creature that attacked Percy while on the top of the St. Louis Arch.
Chimera