Vocabulary
Parts of Speech
Assessing Texts
Smith
Odyssey
600

Obstacles and difficulties

What is Adversity

600

"of" is a 

What is a preposition
600

Shakespeare famously wrote in this meter.

What is Iambic Pentameter

600

What did students do in the hallway before class before Smith kicked us out?

What is sitting quietly and respectfully?

600

Describe Scylla.

Scylla was a supernatural female creature, with 12 feet and six heads on long snaky necks, each head having a triple row of sharklike teeth, while her loins were girdled by the heads of baying dogs.

800

Smart and clever

What is Wily
800

Define an adverb

Describing an action

800

So much depends

Upon

A red wheel

Barrow

Glazed with rain

Water

Beside the white

Chickens

The most prominently used figurative language in this poem is:

What is Imagery

800

How many epiphanies did we have to include in our TQE's?

What is two?

800

Describe Charybdis.

What is  a deadly whirlpool

900

Noisy, crowded partying

What is Revelry
900

What part of speech is education?

What is an abstract noun?

900
  • “Do not weep, babe, for war is kind.

Because your father tumbles in the yellow trenches,

Raged at his breast, gulped, and died,

Do not weep.

War is kind.”

The Author's tone is:

What is Sarcastic

900

What are two things Mr Smith didn't allow in his classroom?

What are cellphones and food?

900

What do Sirens do?

What is lure sailors to their doom with their sweet song?

1000

Repayment for injury or damage

What is Restitution

1000
What is the part of speech of "except"?

What is a preposition?

1000

What is the theme of this poem by Mohammed Ali?

"We, me"

What is, a person is nothing without connection to other people?

1000

What season was it when we started waiting in the band hallway?

What is winter?

1000

What did Odysseus use to defeat the Trojan army?

What is the Trojan horse? 

2000

A forceful and bitter verbal attack

What is Diatribe

2000

 Label parts of speech.

“The powerful wind tossed the golden leaves around our backyard and nearly damaged the small flowers in our garden.”

What is, “The(art) powerful(adj) wind(n) tossed(v) the(art) golden(adj) leaves(n) around(prep) our(pro) backyard(v) and(conj) nearly(adj) damaged(v) the(art) small(adj) flowers(n) in(prep) our(pro) garden(n).”

2000

TPCASTT stands for

What is Title, Paraphrase, Connotation, Attitude, Shift, Title, Theme

2000

What does Mr. Smith do every morning?

What is crossfit?

2000

Who killed Achilles?

Who was the Trojan prince Paris?