What does "cabinet" from Rhode Island mean to us in Texas?
What is a milkshake?
100
He is like a lazy bear.
What is simile?
100
It was 8:20 on Thursday night. Emily stared at the large, empty poster board on her bed. Then she looked at the stack of books about Abraham Lincoln on her desk. Emily began to cry.
Emily had not started her project on Abraham Lincoln that was most likely due the next day.
100
Ms. Gatson
Who is Ms. Pogue's student teacher?
200
All loose ends of the plot are tied up.
What is Falling Action?
200
The way of speaking that is common in a particular region or place a person lives. Can tell us age, education, and race.
What is dialect?
200
Betty bought the boys boxes of books.
What is alliteration?
200
"Ouch" Lucy had fallen again! She shivereed and picked herself back up. Then she spotted her older sister Sarah, gliding backwards. She was so graceful. Sarah made everything look so easy.
Lucy and her sister are ice skating.
200
How do you spell your Reading teacher's name and what is her 1st name>
What is P-O-G-U-E? What is Karla?
300
The turning point in the story.
What is the Climax.
300
"You ain't never had no book learning, Jeremiah". What does this sentence mean?
Jeremiah is uneducated
300
I wrote so much I burned a whole in my test.
What is a hyperbole?
300
Ana and Sophie sat in their chairs staring straight ahead for nearly two hours. They did not talk or hardly even move, but they were not bored at all.
Ana and Sophie were watching a movie. (home or theater)
300
First or third person? "All Summer in a Day"
What is third person?
400
Denouement
What is another word for resolution?
400
"I didn't pay him no mind" What does this mean?
What is didn't pay attention to what the mailman was saying?
400
The wind sang loudly through the trees.
What is personification?
400
Mom lit three candles. "There, that's better." she said. Claire turned off her flashlight. The house was quiet except the sounds of the wind blowing through the trees outside.
The wind storm made the power go out.
400
One hour every seven years (text version)
How often the sun shines on Venus
500
Put these in order. Resolution, Rising Action, Exposition, Falling Action, Climax
What is Exposition,Rising Action,Climax,Falling Action, Resolution
500
"Deacon Turner's wife started crying and goin' on but I gave her a hard look but she just went on." What does this mean?
What is Deacon Turner's wife cried uncontrollably for a long time.
500
Her soft voice was music to Andy's ears.
What is a metaphor?
500
Kim turned off the lights and everyone found a place to hide. Nicky hid under the table where everyone had put their presents. He peeked out and saw the front door starting to open.
Everyone will jump out and yell "Suprise!" because they are at a suprise party.
500
Ray Bradbury
Who is the author of "All Summer in a Day" or father of Science Fiction