March Madness
March is officially the first month of this season.
Spring
This affix means "before"
PRE
"Silken, sad, uncertain, rustling" is an example of this repetitive technique
Alliteration
The last day of school
May 23rd, 2024
A conjunction can join two _____ sentences to make a compound sentence.
Simple
The holiday celebrating this Irish hero and religious leader often includes wearing green.
St. Patrick
This affix means "after"
Post
Exaggerating to the point of absurdity to make a point (pronunciation matters!)
Hyperbole
Phobophobia is the fear of
Fear
For, And, But, Or, Yet and So are often called
In March of 1876, this invention was first used by the inventor to summon his research assistant.
Telephone
The meaning of this affix is "against" or "opposite". It is the alphabetically after "anti".
Contra
The difference between simile and metaphor
Simile uses like or as
Metaphor doesn't use like or as
Biology
Verbs ending in -ing, like running and jumping, are called this
gerund
The name for March came from this mythological Roman god. You can also find it in the candy aisle.
Mars
This is a root language of English; it was the original language of the story of Icarus, too.
Greek
In fictional literature, the central message is called this.
Theme
This is the only bird that flies backwards
Hummingbird
Formal or Academic
March is considered the best month for this sport, if we judge popularity by the amount of work and homework not being done by fans.
Basketball
Latin, Greek, and Old English/Anglo Saxon
Literal
The first known published rule book for this sport was written in New York in the 1830s. The sport became very popular during the US Civil War. In fact, enemy troops played documented games after fighting.
Baseball
Characters speaking to each other in a story is called
Dialogue