Vocabulary
Adventure or journey made with a purpose
Expedition
Pronouns are smaller words that take the place of ____________ in a sentence.
nouns
Salomon Andree was a creative adventurer who made careless mistakes.
*Please give TWO peices of information from the story to support the above statement.
Creative: He attempted to fly a hot air balloon to the North Pole
Careless: he did not plan fully and the hot air balloon did not work; the whole group in the expedition died.
Amy overslept this moring and forgot her lunch as she was running out the door.
*What is the EFFECT in the sentence above?
Amy forgot her lunch
Which of the following is an example of an OXYMORON?
a. That cut is pretty ugly.
b. The sky is on fire.
c. The bus is as bright as the sun.
A
Supplies and tools
Provisions
The word in a sentence that the pronoun refers to is called the ____________
antecedent
Describe how Peary conducted his expeditions North.
Peary ran his expeditions like the military. He used the Inuit people (Eskimos) to his advantage.
What causes Nansen to make an attempt at reaching the North Pole?
Nansen is an adventurer who is interested in learning about polar drift
The following sentence is an example of what type of figurative language?
The sky cried the day we moved.
Personification
The act of being separated from others or being alone
Isolation
Jane grabbed the ice cream from the woman behind the counter. When she grabbed for a napkin, she acccidently dropped her ice cream.
*What word is the antecedent for the pronouns she and her?
Jane
Why did Frederick Cook and Robert Peary have such a problem with each other?
Frederick Cook tried to publish a book about the expedition he made with Peary to the North Pole. Robert Peary was extremely upset about this and it led to competitiveness between the two.
What are the effects of Andree being unprepared for the expedition North?
Andree's hot air balloon could not float and he froze to death in the middle of the Arctic.
The following sentence is an example of what type of figurative language?
It's time for us to hit the road.
Idiom
What someone is meant to do or someone's fate
Destiny
Which pronoun properly completes the following sentence:
Jaxon heard his mom calling for him but decided _________ wasn't going to listen.
he
Why did no one believe that Cook had made it to the North Pole?
Cook lied about climbing the tallest mountain in North America. Cook also kept poor notes about his expeditions.
Frederick Cook kept incomplete records of his journey, and due to this, he was not given credit for reaching the North Pole first.
*What is the CAUSE in the above sentence?
Frederick Cook kept incomplete records of his journey.
Give an example of a metaphor.
Answers may vary
An extra layer or protection from weather; wrapped to prevent from losing heat
Insulated
Jake and I are walking to the park. We want to go swing on the swings.
*What is the antecedent for the pronoun we?
Jake and I
Why are Nansen's, Andree's and Peary's expeditions more impressive than the journeys that are made now?
People use planes to reach the North Pole and are not exposed to the harsh conditions faced by these three explorers.
Reaching the North Pole meant most of the world had been explored.
*What is the effect in the above statement?
Most of the world has been explored.
The following sentence is an example of what type of figurative language?
She screamed so loud the windows rattled.
Hyperbole