📚English
This literary device compares two or more unlike things using the words "like" or "as"
What is a simile?
This is the equation for the area of a circle
What is A=πr2
She is the Director of Posse Program at UWM.
Who is Emilie Hofacker?
32℉ = __℃ ?
What is 0℃ ?
He was the 16th president of the United States.
Who was Abraham Lincoln?
This is when an author gives qualities to a character by using their words or actions instead of explicitly stating it.
What is indirect characterization?
What is the Pythagorean theorem?
This is what PCT stands for.
What is "Pre-Collegiate Training"?
These organelles create ATP energy for the cell. Sometimes dubbed "the powerhouse of the cell"
What are Mitochondria?
This U.S. president served two terms, but the terms were not consecutive.
Who is Grover Cleveland?
This is the usual number of acts in Shakespeare's plays.
What is 5?
1+2+3+4+5+6+7+8+9+10= ??
What is 55?
This is the quote one student made that inspired the Posse program.
What is "I never would've dropped out of college if I'd had my posse with me."
This is the chemical symbol for Potassium.
What is "K"?
This is the year World War I officially began.
When was 1914?
This literary device uses two or more words that mean different things, but when used together create a new meaning.
What is an oxymoron?
sin(x)/cos(x) = this trig function
What is tan(x)?
This is the year Posse was established.
When was 1989?
Mass ÷ Volume = ______
What is Density?
This constitutional amendment gave suffrage rights to 18-year olds.
What is the 26th Amendment to the Constitution?
A line of verse with five metrical feet, each consisting of one short (or unstressed) syllable followed by one long (or stressed) syllable.
What is iambic pentameter?
5! = ?
What is 120?
This is one goal of the Posse Foundation.
**Must state or paraphrase at least one goal. Andrew has the list on hand and will check.
These are the three general types of rock.
What are igneous, sedimentary, and metamorphic?
This is the year California officially became a state
When was 1850?