Definitions You SHOULD know
A comparison that uses "like" or "as".
Simile
Time
Ambition
Science
The Time Machine
This Genre contains films and books such as:
The Notebook
Pride and Prejudice
Romeo and Juliet
Romance
The trees danced in the wind.
Personification
This popular energy drink is Mr.O's favorite brand.
Monster
This punctuation mark is used to show that someone speaking.
Quotation Marks
Reanimation
Science
Life/Death
Frakenstein
This Genre contains films and books such as:
Dracula
Goosebumps
IT
Horror
She sold sea shells by the sea shore.
Alliteration
Mr. O has a Funko Pop figure of a character from which popular Netflix Show?
The Queens Gambit
A comparison that does NOT use "Like" or "As".
Metaphor
Hero
Man vs. Nature
Honesty
The Legend of King Arthur
This genre famously contains movies like:
Star Wars
Star Trek
Firefly
Sci-fi
Oxymoron
Mr. O has a spaceship on his bookshelf that is from what famous sci-fi franchise?
Star Trek
This 3 letter abbreviation is used on STAAR when writing a smaller written response to a text.
SCR (Short Constructed Response)
Equality
India
Leader
(Ghandi) Letter to Viceroy
This genre contains books and films like:
The Hunger Games
1984
Maze Runner
Dystopian
This persuasive device focuses on the use of data, logic, and statistics.
Logos
This year a student drew an image of Mr. O as though he were what type of small animal? (And put fake eyelashes on it)
Chinchilla
This 3 letter abbreviation on STAAR, really means "Essay" or a longer response to a text.
ECR (Extended Constructed Response)
Space
Morality
Red Planet
Should we terraform Mars? (Terraforming mars/Screw Aristotle)
This genre contains writings such as:
The Raven
O Captain, My Captain
Two Roads diverged.
Poetry
This sort of argument uses bad, or faulty logic.
Logical Fallacy
What kind of Car does Mr. O drive?
2024 Toyota Corolla (Hatchback)