Literature
This is the author's attitude toward a topic, setting, or character.
TONE
What is the SIMPLE SUBJECT in the following sentence?
Jonas looked into the sea of faces.
JONAS
What is the smallest, most simple type of living thing on the earth?
BACTERIA
- x+5 = 15
x = 10
This group left their farms and families to get jobs in early factories and their behavior was watched closely.
Women
When what occurs is the opposite of what is expected in a piece of literature.
This term can also describe the following:
1. What is said is the opposite of what is meant or
2. When the audience knows something the characters do not
IRONY
What literary device is present in the sentence:
He looked like a walking junkyard.
SIMILE
What kinds of cells are used to build your brain and nerves?
NEURONS
What is 30% of 80?
24
A lot of land out west in the United States was received from this country after a war.
Mexico
In The Giver, what was the name of the Giver's daughter?
ROSEMARY
When writing an essay, your introduction should always include a ____________ which states your main claim and offers a quick preview of the essay's contents.
THESIS (or "thesis statement")
What is the name of the scientific principle developed by Charles Darwin that explains how organisms adapt and change over time?
NATURAL SELECTION
2.5/x = 5/20
SOLVE FOR X
x = 10
The meeting of Native Americans and explorers/Europeans for trade.
Colombian Exchange
What sentence structure does the following sentence have?
The rain came down in sheets as the wind howled though the trees.
COMPLEX
What term is used to describe the top consumer in a food chain?
APEX PREDATOR
What is the area of a triangle with a 10 in base and 12 in height?
60 inches squared
60 in.2
People who escaped plantations to go north are no longer referred to as fugitive slaves, but are referred to using this term.
Freedom Seekers
A reference in a literary work to a person, place, or thing in history or another work of literature. These are often indirect or brief references to well-known characters or events.
ALLUSION
Figures of speech that are specific to a particular language are known as ______. Examples:
When I told him I lost his keys, he hit the roof.
It's raining cats and dogs!
I'm disappointed, but that's just the way the cookie crumbles.
IDIOMS
What are the "male" and "female" parts of a flower called that create the sperm and eggs for angiosperm plants?
STAMEN & PISTIL
How do you know if a graph is proportional?
It is a straight line AND goes through (touches) the origin
Two ways voting rights were reduced after Reconstruction.
Poll Taxes & Literacy Tests