Capitals
Figurative Language
Black History Month
Poems
Disney
100

The capital of the United States

Washington D.C.

100

A comparison of things using "like" or "as"

Simile

100

The first African American president of the United States

Barack Obama

100

Step 1 in understanding a poem's meaning

read to experience the poem.

100

In this movie the princess has ice power's and builds her own palace out of ice.

Frozen

200

The capital of Mexico

Mexico City

200

Direct comparison of unlike things

Metaphor
200

The first African American Vice President of the United States

Kamala Harris

200

Step 2 in understanding a poem's meaning

Reread to find the basic meaning

200

The reindeer from Frozen's name

Sven

300

The capital of Germany

Berlin

300

"The brutal wind bullied the tree into giving up its autumn leaves"

Is an example of what type of figurative language?


Personification

300

Martin Luther King Jr. was a 

minister, activist, and civil rights leader

300

Life for me ain't been no crystal stair.

It's had tacks in it,

And splinters

And boards torn up,

What does his mother compare to the troubles and difficulties of life?

wood with splinters, tacks, and torn boards

300

The name of Flynn's horse from Tangled

Maximus

400

The capital of Russia

Moscow

400

This bag weighs a TON!

Is an example of what type of figurative language?

Hyperbole

400
The title of Martin Luther King Jr.'s most famous speech

I Have a Dream

400

For I'se still goin', honey,

I'se still climbin',

And life for me ain't been no crystal stair.

Which metaphor compares life to something that seems nice or enjoyable?

Crystal stair

400

The name of the baboon from Lion King

Rafiki

500

The capital of Malaysia

Kuala Lumpur

500

"buzz" is an example of what type of figurative language

Onomatopoeia

500

The "Mother of the Freedom Movement"

Rosa Parks

500

Basic meaning of this poem

And the Ghosts by Graham Foust


"they own everything"

ghosts are ancestors and they are part of everything. 

OR

Ghosts are past people who are involved are partly in our lives or things.

500

The name of the song where Kristoff and Sven sing together in Frozen 2

Lost in the Woods