Class Novels
Root Words
Figurative Language
Common Mistakes
Ms. Salinas' Class
100

In The Crossover by Kwame Alexander, this character is the narrator of the story.

Josh Bell

100

The meaning of the root word "aqua".

Water

100

Figure of speech where two things are compared using "like" or "as".

Simile

100

Correct usage: its or it's

The dog carried a frisbee in ___ mouth.

its

100

The name of the online program we used only in English (and keyboarding) this year.

Lexia

200

In Where the Red Fern Grows, this was the breed of Billy's dogs.

(Red Blood) Coonhound

200

The meaning of the root word "cent".

100

200

Figure of speech where a non-human entity is given human-like qualities or characteristics.

Personification

200

Correct usage: there, their, or they're?

____ thinking of changing the school mascot.

They're

200

The type of essay you wrote in this year's ACT Aspire.

Personal/Reflective Narrative

300

In The Crossover, this is the condition that made Chuck Bell stop playing basketball.

Patella tendonitis a.k.a jumper's knee

300

Greek root word meaning "one".

Mono

300

"I am so hungry I could eat a horse" is an example of this figure of speech.

Hyperbole

300

Correct usage: than or then.

Cindy is faster ___ Robbie.

Than

300

The name of our class textbook.

My Perspectives

400

In Where the Red Fern Grows, what are Billy's dogs' names?

(Old) Dan and (Little) Ann
400

Greek root word meaning "life".

Bio

400

A figure of speech that is accepted as part of a culture but does not mean what it literally says.

Idiom

400

Correct usage: to or too

I am ___ busy for videogames now that I am in a club.

Too

400

The 3 letters in the title of the kind of summaries we write.

IVF

500

In A Wrinkle In Time, this is the first interdimensional being the children encounter.

Mrs. Whatsit

500

The word created when you combine the root words meaning "self", "life", and "write".

Auto-bio-graphy

500

Identify the figure of speech.

The pond was a frozen mirror.

Metaphor

500

Correct usage: your or you're.

I was told that ___ selling hot chips.

You're

500

Ms. Salinas' classroom number.

325