Vocab Definitions
Involving the entire world.
Global
The audience gave the 6th graders a huge ______ after their music concert.
Ovation
Using like or as to compare.
Simile
The stranger in Tuck Everlasting was called "The Man in the ________ Suit."
Yellow
What does the author of "Tuck Everlasting" compare the first week of August to?
A Ferris wheel
A souvenir
Keepsake
The back of the book had a ______ give the readers a preview.
Synopsis
Come up with an example of an oxymoron.
Variety accepted
Jumbo shrimp
Small crowd
Old News
What animal does Two Strike, Omakayas, and Twilight encounter at the rice camp?
A moose
Antonym for "vacate."
Variety accepted
Examples: stay, inhabit, etc.
To move backward; to become more distant
Recede
The sails of the boat ________ in the wind.
Billowed
Ruffled
What type of figurative language?
It felt like the presentation lasted for years.
Hyperbole
What time of year is "Tuck Everlasting" set in?
Summer- The first week of August.
What are three character traits of Omakayas?
A variety of answers accepted.
Examples: Caring, determined, hard-working, etc.
Difficult to catch or hold; hard to explain or comprehend
Elusive
I went to the museum to see both ancient and ________ art.
contemporary
What type of figurative language?
I was exhausted! I knew that it was time to hit the hay.
Idiom
What was the name of the newspaper in the book "Brave?"
The Berrybrook News
Come up with an example of alliteration starting with "t."
Variety accepted
Showing remarkable originality, inventiveness, or resourcefulness
Ingenious
The Grand Canyon is 277 miles long, that is _______! It also has a dry, or _______ climate.
1. immense
2. arid
What type of figurative language?
The snow is a white blanket.
Metaphor
What year does "Game of Silence" take place in?
1849-1850
Come up with 3 synonyms for the word "serene"
A variety of answers accepted
Examples: peaceful, calm, quiet, tranquil