Vocabulary Vault
This word means the opposite of “ancient.”
What is modern
A triangle with all equal sides is called this.
What is equilateral
The star at the center of our solar system.
What is the sun
The author of “Charlie and the Chocolate Factory and James and the Giant Peach.
Who is Roald Dahl
This sport uses a bat, a glove, and bases
What is baseball
A “synonym” is a word that means this.
What is the same or similar
The value of 7 × 8.
What is 56
Solid water is called this
What is ice
This is the main character in a story.
What is the protagonist
The name of the wizarding school Harry Potter attends
What is Hogwarts
This is the prefix in “preview” and it means “before.”
What is pre
The distance around a shape is called this.
What is perimeter
Animals that cannot make their own food are known as these.
What is consumers
The time and place of a story.
What is the setting
This U.S. holiday is celebrated on the fourth Thursday of November.
What is Thanksgiving
A “narrator” is this person in a story.
What is teh person telling the story
The acronym PEMDAS reminds you of this.
What is the order of operations
This force keeps us from floating into space.
What is gravity
In poetry, this term refers to the “beat” or pattern of stressed syllables.
What is rhythm
This video game features blocks and “creepers.”
What is minecraft
This is a type of figurative language that compares two things using “like” or “as.”
What is a simile
The number that appears most often in a set of data.
What is the mode
The process by which plants make their own food using sunlight
What is photosynthesis
This term describes a struggle between two opposing forces in a story, such as “man vs. nature.”
What is conflict
This famous monument in Paris was originally built as the entrance arch to the 1889 World’s Fair.
What is the Eiffel Tower