Secret Sheriff (6-10)

Match the following

• Saying one this IS another thing

• hyperoble

• Play on words

• Pun

• Extreme exaggeration

• Alliteration

• Repeated beginning sound

• Metaphor

• Comparing with like or as

• Simile

Organize these options into the right categories

Groups:

(a) Dad

,

(b) The Bee

,

(c) Maverick

• "Be kind, for everyone you meet is fighting a hard battle"

• "Pretty sure isn't sure, sir"

• Try to do something every day to make a difference in the world"

Match the following

• fancy cursive

• theoretically

• A guess

• binge

• unappealing

• monstrosity

• not important

• calligraphy

• to do a lot of things at once

• irrelevant

Match the following

• hesitant

• reluctant

• sudden attack

• improbable

• not likely to happen

• solemnly

• Serious/sad

• dregs

• last little bits

• foray

Match the following

• Not likely to happen

• irony

• Manners

• inevitable

• When the unexpected happens

• irrelevant

• A reference to something in real life.

• etiquette

• Not important

• allusion

Match the following

• Gentle giant, hearing impaired

• Mr. Cavallaro

• Died a hero

• Aunt Cat

• reliable

• Dad

• A bully at school

• Nathan

• Snotty

• Bowen

Imagine Hannah, Henry, and Nora are discussing the themes in a story they just read. Which one of these themes did they find in the story?

• Being the new kid in school can be tough, especially when you are small.

• Being the smallest kid in 6th grade can be embarrassing.

• People with money have good food to eat.

• You have to learn responsibility quickly when your parent isn't making great choices.

• All of these are themes in the story.