Figurative Language
All the world is a stage.
What is a metaphor?
the meaning of the root 'arch'
What is the most important, main, or ruler?
Hook, name passages, brief summary, thesis
What are the parts of an essay introduction?
Don't get bamboozled by shady street vendors.
What is tricked or fooled?
123 Konner Ave
What is the address of Hilldale Elementary School?
The wind sang. The trees shook.
What is personification?
The way an author structures a text to show similarities and differences.
What is a compare and contrast text structure?
The paragraphs that include the text evidence to support your thesis.
What are the body paragraphs?
Listening to my sister practice the drums is unbearable!
What is awful or painful?
365 and 1/4 days.
How long does it take the Earth to rotate around the sun?
It's a thousand degrees in here! Can we open a window?
What is hyperbole?
The organizational chunk of a poem; group of lines; like a paragraph
What is a stanza?
Summing up your reasons, restating your thesis, leaving a final impactful thought for the reader
How to write a conclusion?
The medicine should help ameliorate the pain. Ameliorate means...
What is to ease the pain?
Two days, ninety minutes per day.
How long is the ELA section of the NJSLA?
A word or group of words in a literary work which appeal to one or more of the senses.
What are sensory details?
The pattern or beat of a poem.
What is rhythm?
Genre of Peg Kehret's Small Steps: The Year I got Polio
What is a personal narrative?
Mr. Freely is a cantankerous, old man who’s always yelling at us to get off his lawn. He is always so rude! Cantankerous means...
What is mean, angry, or bad-tempered?
Three days, sixty minutes.
How long is the math section of the NJSLA?
The woods are lovely dark and deep. But I have promises to keep.
And miles to go before I sleep,
And miles to go before I sleep.
What is repetition?
Identical or very similar recurring final sounds in words usually at the end of lines of a poem.
What is rhyme?
The term for copying/using an author's words and using them as your own
What is plagiarism?
Everybody at the rally was vociferously protesting the cutting down of the oldest oak tree in the city. Vociferously means...
What is in a loud or forceful manner?
June 19, 2025
What is the last day of school for the 2024-2025 school year?