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Sports

When walking to the principal’s

office my feet were lead.

What is a metaphor?

My love is like a red, red rose.

What is a simile?

I’ve told you a million times not

to exaggerate!

What is hyperbole?

We heard clattering and clanging as he

washed the dishes.

What is onomatopoeia?

They gazed at the smiling moon and the next day the

jovial sun shone on them.

What is personification?

Don’t tell them gas prices will rise, let sleeping dogs lie.

What is an idiom?

A longer, more detailed comparison

of two ideas or situations.

What is analogy?

A terrorist didn’t pay enough postage on a letter bomb. It

was returned, marked “return to sender”.

Forgetting it was the bomb, he opened it and was blown

to bits.

What is irony?

The hot July sun beat relentlessly down, casting an orange glare over

the farmhouse, fields and pond. Our sun-baked backs ached for relief. We quickly pulled off our sweaty

clothes and plunged into the pond, but the tepid water only stifled us

and we soon crawled onto the brown, dusty bank. Our parched throats

longed for something cool to drink.

What is imagery?

In the story of Adam and Eve, its when Eve ate the apple - the apple

stood for sin.

What is symbolism?

By NFL rules these players must wear numbers 20 - 49

What are running backs?

He holds the record for pitching the

fastest fastball and was nicknamed the

“Strikout King”

Who is Nolan Ryan?

An “old school” term for a football

field?

What is grid iron?

After a crowd booed him, this pitcher sent all the players on the field

to the dugout and struck out 9 consecutive

batters in 1935

Who was Satchel Paige?

In 1910 football lost emphasis and was almost replaced by

this sport at KU

What is Rugby

The leader of the Confederate Army

during the Civil War

Who was Robert E. Lee?

December 7, 1941

When was the attack on Pearl

Harbor?

In the 1920s this made making,

buying and selling of alcoholic

beverages illegal

What was Prohibition?

The name for the reform movements to abolish acts of

discrimination from 1955 - 1968

What was the Civil Rights Movement?

He was the president before

JFK that was from Abilene, Kansas.

Who was President Dwight D. “Ike”

Eisenhower?

A written account of a person’s life

What is a biography?

A list of resources arranged

alphabetically by author and title.

What is a bibliography?

A reference book that contains over a million facts and is NOT arranged

alphabetically.

Almanac

Resources that provide original

research or documentation?

(such as the Declaration of Independence)

What is a primary source?

A database free to Kansas kids with

access to magazine articles, and online

encyclopedia, almanac, etc.

What is SIRS?

The last name of the librarian that devised the

classification system for library materials

Who is Dewey?

Area of the library with aids for

finding information

(such as enclyclopedias, atlases and almanacs)

What is reference?

A law that protects a published work from

unauthorized use

What is copyright?

An acronym for interlibrary loan

What is ILL?

Restricting access to materials deemed

objectionableMorally, politically or religiously

What is censorship, censoring or

banning

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and or not?