Figurative Language
She was like a cheetah when she ran.
What is a simile?
This person lived in a dystopian society and escaped with a baby.
Who is Jonas from The Giver?
This is the school mascot.
What is the cougar?
What is a laptop?
If a student says something is 'fire' it means this.
What is really good or awesome?
The trees danced in the wind.
What is personification?
This author was lucky enough to survive tuberculosis but the women in his life...not so fortunate.
Who is Edgar Allan Poe?
This is the year Canton Country Day School opened.
What is 1964?
This device played music from cassette tapes.
What is a Walkman?
No cap means this.
What is I am serious/not kidding?
She is a little angel!
What is a metaphor?
This is where all of his famous plays were performed. Watch out for the rats!
What is Shakespeare's Globe Theatre?
This was here before CCDS was built.
What is an apple orchard?
This was how you would watch your favorite show on TV if you weren't going to be home when it was on.
Frequently said by middle schoolers but means nothing.
What is 6 7?
"Perched upon a bust of Pallas just above my chamber door..."
What is an allusion?
She wrote this novel when she was 15 and published it under a pseudonym so no one would know a woman wrote the book.
Who is S.E. Hinton, who wrote The Outsiders?
CCDS sits on this many acres.
What is 40?
Families usually shared this communication device and you had to take turns.
What is a landline phone?
Don't have a cow.
How would you tell someone to calm down and not be so dramatic in the 80s?
A pilot has a fear of heights.
What is situational irony?
This man, whose real name was Eric Arthur Blair, wrote Animal Farm and 1984.
Who is George Orwell?
This yearly event involves each and every middle school student, and incorporates art, music, and dancing.
What is the middle school musical?
This would appear in your driveway or mailbox and contained the name, phone number, and address of everyone.
What is a phone book?
No cap, that test was mid, but my teacher is low key the GOAT, so I'm good.
What is, "Honestly, that test was of average difficulty, but my teacher is great so I'm not worried."