Language
Define ...Alliteration
When two or more words repeativly that share the same first consonate sound.
EX: Bob, Brought, Box, Brick
What is a coordinating conjunction?
A FANBOY that connects two sentences with a comma
What would you call the layers of sediment forming at the bottom of the ocean?
Weathering?
Erosion?
Deposition?
Deposition
Water getting into cracks, freezing, and breaking the rocks or pavement apart is caused by what?
Weathering?
Erosion?
Deposition?
Weathering
Christopher Columbus was credited discovering America but really what land mass did he discover?
....the western hemisphere. In particular, the Caribbean, which lead others to voyage to discover America.
What is the difference metaphor?
Metaphor does not use the terms 'like or as' when comparing between two unlike things.
EX: Sara is the sun and the moon to me.
Define personification
In which a thing or an idea is that gives human attributes and/or human feelings, to create emotions and feelings in an animal or object in a story. Children's books are known to do this. Ex: My alarm clock yelled at me at 7 am.
Wind blasting sand at rock and carving our arches would be considered being done by what?
Weathering?
Erosion?
Deposition?
Weathering
Glaciers scraping rocks across the earth's surface is done by what?
Weathering?
Erosion?
Deposition?
Weathering
Columbus allies in the Caribbean were named what?
The Taino Tribe. He stated they were "The best people in the world." and "a better race there cannot be."
A group of words that mean something else that uses terms "like or as"?
What is an simile
To make your composition better by adding sparkle words, taking out any repetitious sentences, and staying focused is called what?
Revising your story.
Flood water pounding against a canyon wall and wearing it down is done by what?
Weathering?
Erosion?
Deposition?
Weathering
Glaciers dropping rock and sand to form terminal moraines is done by what?
Weathering?
Erosion?
Deposition?
Deposition
Who were the Caribs?
They were people in the Caribbean who attacked the Taino people, enslaved them, killed them and ate them.
What is the diffinetion of 'idiom'.
Give an example.
Idion is an expression that is widely used in a region or native to a region.
EX: 1) Beat the clock... 2) Get your ducks in a row. 3) You are off the hook.
Define onomatopoeis
A word that imintates a natural sound.
Ex: Mewo, Moo, Swoosh, Whizz.
A mudslide flowing down a steep hill and if muddy water being carried away by a fast-moving river is referred as what?
Weathering?
Erosion?
Deposition?
Erosion
Waves dropping sand on the beach is considered what?
Weathering?
Erosion?
Deposition?
Deposition
How many trips did Christopher Columbus make to the Caribbean Islands?
4
Define symbolism.
Give an example, too.
Something that stands for something else. EX: A four-leaf clover (it represents LUCK). EX: A rainbow represents hope and promise of a better future.
Define Pun
Words with similar or identical sound but have different meanings. They are a 'play on words'. Puns are generly humorous. EX: 1) Some bunny loves you. (instead of somebody loves you.) 2)Make like a tree and leave.
Rain washing away soil from a hillside would be referred as what?
Weathering?
Erosion?
Deposition?
Erosion
Flood waters moving soil from one location to another is referred as what?
Weathering?
Erosion?
Deposition?
Erosion.
Columbus was born in Italy. Did Italy finance his voyage to discover the silk road? If not, what country did finance his three ships, Nina, Pinta and the Santa Maria?
Spain financed Christopher Columbus's voyage.