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100

What does register mean?

Register means to have one's name put on an official list.

100

What does alliteration mean?

Alliteration means words with the occurrence of the same letter or sound at the beginning of adjacent or closely connected words. 

100

What context clues in the sentence are used to help you determine what policy means?

The school dress policy says students must wear a uniform.

Context clues are school, dress, must wear a uniform. What does policy mean?


100

-ism

The act or process of such as heroism, the act of being a hero.

100

astro/aster

star; space related

200

What does detention mean?

Detention means the state of being held in a prison; the state of being held in a place where people are awaiting trial or action by a court.

200

What is a metaphor?

 A metaphor is a figure of speech in which a word or phrase is applied to an object or action to which it is not literally applicable. It compares two things or people without using like or as.

200

A generalization is taking one or a few facts and making a broader, more universal statement. Generalizations usually include words like: all, none, most, many, always, everyone, never, etc.

Make a generalization about birds.

Answers will vary but must include one of the example words for generalizations.

200
log/logue

word/study

200

What does authorities mean?

Authorities means people in charge, especially in government.

300

What does residency mean?

Residency means legal permission to live in the country.

300

What is a simile?

 A simile is a figure of speech involving the comparison of one thing with another thing of a different kind, used to make a description more emphatic or vivid using like or as to compare.

300

Which is NOT a characteristic of identifying theme?

A theme is a general (universal statement).

A theme is a lesson or moral of a story.

A theme is usually one word.

 A theme is usually one word.


300

cred

believe; believability

300

What does monsoon mean?

Monsoon means a seasonal prevailing wind in the region of South and Southeast Asia, blowing from the southwest between May and September and bringing rain (the wet monsoon ), or from the northeast between October and April (the dry monsoon ). 

400

What does deported mean?

Deported means forced to leave a country.

400

What figurative language does the following poem display?

“Betty Botter bought some butter,
But, she said, this butter’s bitter;
If I put it in my batter,
It will make my batter bitter,
But a bit of better butter,
That would make my batter better.”

The poem shows alliteration.


-Betty Botter bought some butter.

-batter bitter

-But a bit of better butter

-batter better

400

What does it mean to "paraphrase" a text?

Paraphrase means to restate the text in your own words.

400

vert,vers

to turn; change

400

What does annoyance mean?

Annoyance is a feeling of slight anger; a feeling of being bothered or disturbed by someone or something.

500
What does asylum mean?

Asylum means protection given by a government to people who have left another country to escape danger or harm

500

Read the poem closely. Find two pieces of evidence in the poem that use metaphors.

My family is a strong tree that lives together
My dad is the roots, hard to pull, hard to get.
But without him we fall apart
My mum is the trunk, quiet, works hard and focuses on what she is doing
My brother is the leaves, never stops moving and dancing when he hears the magnificent tune of the wind
I'm the branch that supervises my brother wherever he goes
but I perpetually fall on unsafe high things


Evidence

family and tree (strong and lives together)

dad and roots (hard to get)

mum and trunk (works hard, focused)

brother and leaves (constantly moving)

narrator and branch (extension of tree; supervises)

500

Read the following poem " A Rose That Grew From Concrete". Then tell the theme.

Did u hear about the rose that grew 

from a crack in the concrete 

Proving nature’s laws wrong 

it learned 2 walk without having feet 

Funny it seems but by keeping its dreams

 it learned 2 breathe fresh air 

Long live the rose that grew from concrete 

when no one else even cared!

The theme of the poem is something related to 

people can overcome difficulties and still succeed.

500

What does acrophobe mean?

An acrophobe is a person who suffers from a fear of heights.

500

Scrib, Script

Scrib, script means to write or written