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Vocabulary
Cause-and-Effect AND Characterization
Primary/Secondary Sources
Theme
Similes/Metaphors
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To separate groups such as by race, gender, or age
What is segregation?
100
This is "r" word is another word for cause.
What is reason?
100
This type of source includes first-hand accounts.
What is primary source?
100
A theme should be a ________________ for all of mankind.
What is a lesson?
100
These are two key words for a simile.
What are "like" and "as"?
200
Happening without thought; involuntarily
What is automatically?
200
This "r" word is another word for effect.
What is result?
200
Name at least two primary sources.
What are diaries, journals, pictures, autobiographies, letters, first-hand newspaper accounts, and memoirs?
200
The following theme is not a good one for one main reason: "You should always share everything."
What is it is a command?
200
In a metaphor, one thing is being called a _______________
What is a name?
300
To be on time; timely
What is punctual?
300
Sophie walked into the drama room with her eyes on the ground. She could not believe her mom was making her try out for the school play. During tryouts, she did her best to act terribly and sing off key. Even still, she got a part in the play. On the first day of practice, she stood in the back with droopy shoulders and barely uttered a sound. On Friday, after a long week of practice, a group of kids in the play invited her out for ice cream. She tried to come up with an excuse not to go, but she couldn't think of anything. As she sat around the table of laughing kids, she looked around and thought, "Maybe this won't be so bad after all." On Monday, she decided to try harder and pay closer attention during practice. Soon, she realized this play was actually something in which she was going to enjoy participating. This adjective describes Sophie at the beginning of the story: a. stubborn b. wise c. doubtful
What is doubtful?
300
This type of source includes second-hand accounts.
What is a secondary source?
300
The following theme is not a good one for this main reason: "Kara practiced a lot and did well."
What is it mentions a name from the story?
300
This is the job of a simile or metaphor.
What is to compare two UNLIKE things together.
400
The act of bringing groups together
What is integration?
400
As she sat around the table of laughing kids, she looked around and thought, "Maybe this won't be so bad after all." On Monday, she decided to try harder and pay closer attention during practice. This section of the story is the _________________ of Sophie going ahead and attending the ice cream get-together.
What is effect or result?
400
Rosa Parks' account of her bus ride incident or Martin Luther King, Jr.'s "I Have a Dream" speech is an example of this type of source.
What is primary source?
400
Of the following three statements, only ONE is actually a theme: a. You should always share everything. b. Selfishness leads to unhappiness. c. Cassie did not share her cookies.
What is "selfishness leads to unhappiness"?
400
As the boy was running to first base, he looked like a cheetah running after its prey.
What is a simile?
500
The act or process of strengthening something.
What is reinforcement?
500
By show time, Sophie was a shining star, hip hopping across the stage and singing at the top of her lungs. This section of the story is the _______________ of Sophie being asked to join the next production.
What is the cause?
500
This third-hand type of source includes things such as textbooks, almanacs, travel guides, and timelines and may be a combination of primary and secondary sources.
What is a tertiary source?
500
After reading the following scenario, create an appropriate theme. Mr. Tuttle was doing a unit on nutrition with his students. Every day, he lectured his students about the importance of making good food choices like eating lots of fruits, vegetables, and staying away from junk foods. Over the weekend, some of Mr. Tuttle's students went to the mall and saw him at the food court where he was eating a corndog, French fries, and a chocolate milkshake. One student said to the other, "I wonder why Mr. Tuttle says all that stuff if he doesn't seem to believe it himself?" The other student replied, "I guess eating healthy isn't important after all. I was going to get a salad, but now I'm going to get a slice of pizza."
What is actions speak louder than words?
500
Convert this simile into a metaphor: Tom is like a parrot because he repeats everything someone says.
What is "Tom is a parrot when he repeats everything someone says."