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This adjective describes something extremely serious. It can also be a noun, in the form of a headstone.
What is "grave"?
Mr. Quinlan's friend Chester, the friendly ghost, does this verb when he takes his evening walks.
What is "levitate"?
This adjective refers to things that are feral, or acting without thought.
What is "brute"?
This verb means "to keep down by force", and is used by teachers and dictators alike to maintain power.
What is "oppress"?
This important concept is a noun, and it's the main idea of any piece of literature. It's the message the story is trying to convey.
What is "theme"?
This noun expresses the importance of a situation, but is also a scientific force first theorized by Sir Isaac Newton.
What is "gravity"?
This noun refers to something that puts something above, or gives an advantage. It can be used in negotiations to gain a leg up.
What is "leverage"?
This noun refers to cruel violence in all forms, whether performed by a human or a vicious animal. Mr. Quinlan is known for having this trait in abundance.
What is "brutality"?
This verb means to means to have a strong effect on another; however, it can also mean to "make a mark with". At Cawley, we strive to do this every day to for our teachers and peers.
What is "impress"?
Tony the stuffed skunk, Mr. Quinlan's college roommate and lifelong friend, is a result of this form of figurative language.
What is "personification"?
This verb means, "to carve, cut, or etch into material". Mr. Quinlan thinks this is related to how you make a message HEAVY in the material.
What is "engrave"?
This verb means to make LESS serious, to make better. It also kind of sounds like it would be a Harry Potter spell.
What is "alleviate"?
This verb applies a special suffix to the end of the word "brutal". It means, "to treat cruelly or harshly".
What is "brutalize"?
This noun refers to continuous force being exerted. Too much of this can have a serious effect on anyone's mental health.
What is "pressure"?
This term refers to the pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables in a poem; it's also commonly used in the music industry.
What is "rhythm"?
This verb means "to make something more serious, or worse". You can do this to a wound by pouring salt on it, or a friend by annoying them relentlessly!
What is "aggravate"?
This noun, a simple machine, helps lift people to higher floors of tall buildings.
What is an "elevator"?
This word is the ADVERB form of the word brutal.
What is "brutally"?
"Having been pushed down for a long time", this mental health condition affects many adults and children alike who struggle to find help.
What is, "depression"?
This literary device occurs when a piece of media refers to another without directly mentioning it. (Hint: its root word is lud, lus)
What is, "allusion"?
This move is the signature move of the Pokemon Flapple - he drops an apple from above and lets Newton's law take control.
What is "grav apple"?
Pronounced correctly by Emma Watson in the Harry Potter movies, this spell makes objects float in the air.
What is "Wingardium Leviosa"?
When Julius Caesar was stabbed 23 times on the Ides of March, he said these last words to his best friend before he passed.
What is, "Et tu, Brute?"
This noun is another term for the media, the newspapers, the news stations... the people who provide the news!
What is "the press"?
This literary device is often used in comics and cartoons; it gives word form to different noises, like "honk!" and "pfffftt".
What is onomatopoeia?