The Town Underground (Fig Lang + More)
What is the "curtain of darkness?"
Include your sentence of elaboration.
Accepted Responses: Anything to do with nightfall, lights going out, or sunset.
I am a tall skyscraper looking over the top of the trees.
Who is the "I" in this metaphor?
A giraffe
I'm bright like a ripe strawberry.
Who could be the "I" here? (Out of things in this room).
NEED one sentence of elaboration.
PowerRanger, toolbox, anything red.
Last year I moved to a house that looks like it's in a crater.
Where is punctuation needed in the sentence? What punctuation is needed?
Last year, I
A comma ,
Create a simile that helps describe the geography of the town in the text.
Include your sentence of elaboration.
Example: The town's surface is as rough as a moon full of craters.
Answers are accepted based on the sentence of elaboration.
I'm as fast as the wind and as aerodynamic as a fighter jet.
What does this simile represent?
Create a simile to describe the walls in this classroom.
If it makes logical sense and makes a good simile.
Mr. Gold likes the following Power Rangers, Ninja Turtles, and fruit snacks.
What punctuation is needed? Where?
Colon :
following: Power Rangers
Which sentence from the text best matches the central idea of the text?
A.) "The cost for digging an underground home is about 25 percent less expensive than building aboveground houses. . . . "
B.) "The Australian Aborigines called the field “kupa piti,” commonly assumed to mean “white man in a hole.”"
C.) "The men barely heard it at first. A soft clatter of pebbles, perhaps. Or. . . footsteps? It was Willie, returning to camp with a big smile on his face."
D.) "It’s called Hutchison Street, named after the boy who first discovered opals there, inadvertently bringing people from all over the world to build the town underground."
Include a sentence of elaboration or get no credit.
D.
My body models its skin like a storm right before the winds start twirling and the houses.
Who is talking in this sentence?
An elephant because his skin is gray like the sky before a tornado.
Write a metaphor to describe the emotions you feel when you have to read a story.
If it is a metaphor and makes sense.
Mr Gold exclaimed Mrs Bazzani is the best teacher at Neely's Bend
Add all the punctuation needed to make this sentence work.
Fill in the metaphor/Create the metaphor.
The people were ______________ shoved together and hungry for all the precious gems in the Opal Rush.
Give one sentence of elaboration.
Points awarded with an answer that makes sense and has proper elaboration
What animal is the "I" here?
A zebra.
LOL Another Text Question:
(BUT THIS ONE IS WORTH 800 POINTS)
What kind of text is "The Town Underground"?
A.) Narrative. "Grinning, Willie tossed his father a half-full sugar bag. “Have a look at that, Dad,” he said. “I think you’ll find some good stuff there. . . .” His grin spread farther across his face. “There’s enough for us. . . for at least a fortnight."
B.) Informational. "Today, Coober Pedy is home to about 3,500 people. This virtually waterless desert town is one of the most multicultural communities in Australia: its residents represent over 45 nationalities."
C.) Persuasive. "The cost for digging an underground home is about 25 percent less expensive than building aboveground houses. . . . And construction of these dugouts is much faster, too: boring machines can dig a four-bedroom residence in just a day."
NEED 2 SENTENCES OF ELABORATION.
We had too many opals we had the heaviest bags.
What punctuation is needed without changing capitalization? Where is it needed?
A semicolon ;
fumbles; we