Punctuation
Root Words
Figurative Language
Famous Authors
Mifflin-laneous
100

Identify the term for the punctuation.


Exclamation mark

100

What does the root hydro mean?

Water

100

What type of figurative language does this example use: Ms. Ramos races red rovers refurbished in Rwanda. 

A. Hyperbole

B. Symbolism

C. Onomatopoeia

D. Alliteration

D. Alliteration

Alliteration is a fun sound device. It is the repetition of the first consonant sounds in several words.


100

Famous English playwright. Some of his famous works include Romeo and Juliet, Hamlet and King Lear.


William Shakespeare

100

What is one of our 3 Rs (core values) at Mifflin High School?

Be ready, be responsible and be respectful

200

Identify the term for the punctuation.


Quotation marks

200

What does the root geo mean?

Earth

200

What type of figurative language does this example use: Mifflin High School is an icebox.

A. Simile

B. Metaphor

C. Alliteration

D. Personification

B. Metaphor 

When you use a metaphor, you make a statement that doesn't literally make sense. For example, "Time is a thief." Time is not actually stealing from you, but this conveys the idea that hours or days sometimes seem to slip by without you noticing. Metaphors only make sense when the similarities between the two things being compared are apparent or readers understand the connection between the two words.

200

Author of the Raven, The Black Cat & The Tell Tale Heart.


Edgar Allan Poe

200

Who is our school's principal?




Ms. Rodriguez

300

Identify the term for the punctuation.


Comma (or apostrophe)

300

What does the root auto mean?

Self

300

What type of figurative language does this example use: When Ms. Hoenshell was in school, she had to walk 15 miles to school, uphill both ways!

A. Hyperbole

B. Metaphor

C. Onomatopoeia

D. Personification

A. Hyperbole

A hyperbole is an outrageous exaggeration that emphasizes a point. It tends toward the ridiculous or the funny. Hyperbole adds color and depth to a character.

300

This famous author was a founder of the NAACP. He was the first black man to go to Harvard. Some of his books include The Souls of Black Folks, Darkwater: Voices from within the Veil & The Talented Tenth.


WEB Du Bois

300

What is a "Cow puncher"?


A cowboy or herder


400

Identify the term for the punctuation.


Colon

400

What does the root cracy mean?

To rule

400

What type of figurative language does this example use: Mr. Smith snores as loudly as a freight train.

A. Simile

B. Cliché

C. Onomatopoeia

D. Alliteration

A. Simile

A simile is a comparison that uses like or as

400

This famous Harlem Renaissance poet wrote Harlem, Mother to Son and I, Too, Sing America.


Langston Hughes

400

Name one of our school guidance counselors.

Cole, Simatacolos or Rundio
500

Identify the term for the punctuation.


Semicolon

500

What does the root chrono mean?

Time

500

What type of figurative language does this example use: Mochi the cat purred when was petted.

A. Hyperbole

B. Metaphor

C. Onomatopoeia

D. Personification

C. Onomatopoeia

Onomatopoeia is also a sound device where the words sound like their meaning or mimic sounds. They add a level of fun and reality to writing.

500

This famous female British author wrote books including Pride and Prejudice, Emma, & Sense and Sensibility.


Jane Austen

500

Identify one Mifflin teacher who is retiring this year.

Ms. Cowen, Mr. Slipsky, Mr. Price, Ms. Randall