Defined as a word, which imitates the natural sounds of a thing. It creates a sound effect that mimics the thing described.
What is Onomatopoeia?
100
A week, B week, A Day, and B Day.
What is block schedule?
100
Brawling love and Jumbo shrimp are a great example of this.
What is Oxymoron?
100
Your Principal.
Who is Bruce Perkins?
100
A person, place, thing, idea or concept.
What is a noun?
200
This is a literary device that makes a comparison between two things using the words “like” or “as.”
What is simile?
200
You have to pass all five of these before graduation.
What are STAAR EOCs?
200
Yo momma's so stupid, she put lipstick on her forehead to make up her mind.
What is Hyperbole?
200
Your favorite counselor?
Who is Ms. C?
200
This word modifies the noun or pronoun by explaining what kind, which one, how many, etc.
What is an adjective?
300
This device is derived from Latin’s “Latira”. It means “letters of alphabet”. It is a stylistic device in which a number of words, having the same first consonant sound, occur close together in a series.
What is alliteration?
300
School is not only about academics, it's also about how you deal with this.
What is adversity?
300
Time is a thief.
What is a metaphor?
300
Your favorite English teacher.
Who is Mr. Bell?
300
This part of speech modifies other verbs, adjectives by making the meaning more specific.
What is an adverb?
400
This is a figure of speech in which two opposite ideas are joined to create an effect.
What is oxymoron?
400
Time management, asking questions, tutoring and organization are all examples of this. (OYL)
What is Owning Your Learning?
400
The avalanche devoured anything standing in its way.
What is personification?
400
You'll call on this person when you're having trouble with a class or teacher?
Who is Mr. Nash.
400
This word is used to connect clauses, sentences or to coordinate words in the same clause.
What is a conjunction?
500
The angle of considering things, which shows us the opinion, or feelings of the individuals involved in a situation using pronouns like I, we, he, she, us.
What is point of view?
500
The animal running for its life in the video we watched on the first day symbolizes your first year as a freshman.
What is a lizard?
500
Though I was on the sheer face of a mountain, the feeling of swinging through the air was euphoric, almost like flying without wings.
What is imagery?
500
This group of people will have your back the entire academic year. We are a community and a family.
What is On the Block Family?
500
This word shows the relationship of a noun or pronoun to another word in the sentence. (up, down, in , for, to, of)