Figurative Language
She sells sea shells by the seashore
What is alliteration?
The Maya used some of the first advanced calendars including the one called this, with 260 days shown using a mixture of names/glyphs and numbers.
What is the Sacred Round?
Bobby fell down while running in to class.
What is a verb?
Wild Animals Aren't Pets and Let People Own Exotic Animals are examples of this type of writing.
What is argumentative/persuasive writing?
What should the room sound like when the traffic light is red?
What is silent?
She was as fast as a cheetah in gym today.
What is a similie?
The Maya utilized this farming practice where farmers clear land by cutting down plants then setting the area on fire producing ash which acts as a natural fertilizer for the soil.
What is slash-and-burn agriculture?
I am so happy to get to attend Crossler Middle School.
What is a noun?
The central claim of Let People Own Exotic Animals is this.
What is "people should be allowed to own exotic animals?"
You need to complete these three things before leaving to go to the bathroom?
What are ask permission, grab the pass, and sign out?
I'm so hungry I could eat anything!
What is hyperbole?
Maya society existed in a historical region and cultural area that begins in the southern part of North America and extends to the Pacific coast of Central America named this.
What is Mesoamerica?
I really love Language Arts, and I also love Social Studies.
What is a conjunction?
"Wild animals are dangerous" is an example of this aspect/piece of argumentative writing from Wild Animals Aren't Pets (think about our definitions in our argumentative writing notes).
What is a reason?
This is the letter of RICE Mr. Mace said that we need to pay special attention to this trimester.
What is respect?
Boom! Goes the dynamite.
Onomatopoeia
This period of Maya civilization lasted from around 2000–1500 BCE to 250 CE.
What is the Pre-Classic period?
I don't know if they lost their mind or what, but screaming during a fire drill is crazy.
What is a pronoun?
"Only 3.25 people a year are killed by exotic animals" is an example of which element/piece of argumentative writing (think about definitions in our argumentative writing notes)?
What is evidence?
What four items are you required to bring to class every day?
What are a charged Chromebook, notebook, choice reading book, and writing utensil?
He is a lion when he's backed into a corner.
What is a metaphor?
This innovation allowed the Maya to farm land even on steep slopes in the highlands.
What is the terrace?
He looks really cool with those sunglasses on.
What is an adverb?
In the short story Zoo by Edward Hoch, humans get to pay a small price to see a creature that is a mixture of these two animals from the planet Kaan.
What is horse-spider?
This is Mr. Mace's least favorite game in the entire world. He wishes it would be uninstalled, erased from all childrens' memories, and all existing material representing this game would be thrown in a pit and burned.
What is Minecraft?