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Sports
The cat’s eyes were jewels
gleaming out of the
darkness.
What is a metaphor?
The electric wires were like a
snake.
What is a simile?
I had to wait an eternity for
the file to download.
What is hyperbole?
The burning wood
crackled and hissed.
What is onomatopoeia?
The wind whispered to them as they ran through the woods.
What is personification?
Don’t look a gift
horse in the
mouth.
What is an idiom?
In Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet: it is an example of
_______ when the lovers die as a result of a plan that was
meant to ensure their spending the rest of their
lives together.
What is irony?
The cyclone had set the house down, very gently - for a cyclone - in the midst of a country of
marvelous beauty. There were lovely patches of green sward all about, with stately trees bearing rich and luscious fruits. Banks of
gorgeous flowers were on every hand, and birds with rare and brilliant plumage sang and
fluttered in the trees and bushes. A little way off was a small brook, rushing and sparkling
along between green banks, and murmuring in a voice very grateful to a little girl who had
lived so long on the dry, gray prairies..
What is imagery?
An eagle started it, but a dove
stopped the war.
What is symbolism?
Finger is to ring as nose is to
glasses
What is an analogy?
Who shot the 3 pointer that tied Kansas with Memphis and opened
the way to their NCAA Championship win in
2008?
Who was Mario Chalmers?
This hall of fame
basketball player played for KU from 1955-1958.
Who is Wilt Chamberlain?
The team that won 3 Super Bowls in the
1990’s.
Who are the Dallas
Cowboys?
The 1st sport televised in the United
States
What is baseball?
The number of members in a NASCAR pit
crew
What is 7
The vice president for Bill
Clinton and author of “An Inconvenient
Truth”
Who is Al Gore?
The capitol of Italy
What is Rome?
Names of the continents in
the world.
What are Africa, Antarctica, Asia,
Australia, Europe, North America, South
America?
This occurred in San
Francisco April 18, 1906.
What was the San Francisco Earthquake?
Where the historical step for mankind
was taken July 21, 1969.
What is the moon?
Beware! This genre might scare you!
What is horror or suspense?
A list of resources arranged
alphabetically by author and title.
What is a bibliography?
Four types of reference
books found in most libraries.
What are Dictionary,
Encyclopedia, Atlas and Thesaurus or
Almanac
The genre often characterized by Myth, Magic and
Medievalism?
What is Fantasy?
The card that gives Kansas students free
access to online tutoring, audio books, and databases such as SIRS and World Book