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Downloadable worksheets: KABOOM! CARD GAME Level: elementary Age: 7-100 Downloads: 59   Kaboom - Passive Voice - basic tenses Level: intermediate Age: 12-100 Downloads: 49   TO BE KABOOM GAME Level: elementary Age: 9-100 Downloads: 39   KABOOM! SCIENCE AND NATURE GAME Level: intermediate Age: 10-100 Downloads: 19   Halloween Activities and Characters KABOOM!! Game Level: elementary Age: 7-17 Downloads: 16   KABOOM FOR COMPELTE KEY UNIT 1 Level: elementary Age: 10-17 Downloads: 6

*Alliteration is the same sound or letter that occurs at the beginning of two or more words.  *Onomatopoeia is a figure of speech in which words are used to imitate sounds. *Ore is a mineral that contains metal that is valuable enough to be mined http://www.funny-poems-for-free.com/onomatopoeia-poems.html               "KABOOM!"         by Denise Rodgers Kaboom! Ka-blast      Way in the past  the miners mined for ore. They searched for copper,   iron   ,  and salt , for that and much, much more. The bite                 of dynamite   cut deep inside the earth.   The charge explodes revealing lodes of minerals of worth. Kaboom! The dust, the air so mussed       went swirling through the sky. It was a sight, the dynamite   that made the mountains fly.   Kaboom! The earth was filled with mirth   so tickled by the boom. The miner's pleasure, each newfound treasure       =     ,  ,  and  that followed each Kaboom! There is a great thinkquest about mining at the following url: http://library.thinkquest.org/05aug/00461/index.htm   1. Which phrase is an example of alliteration? newfound treasuremuch, much, morefollowed each 2. Which word is an example of onomatopoeia? Kaboom!MineralsDynamite 3.What is the main topic of this poem? TreasureDynamiteMining 4. In the poem what emotion does the Earth have? sadfrightenedangryhappiness 5. Are they looking for treasure to get extra money or treasure in  the sense that people really need it to make their lives better? We need gold, rubies, and emeralds to eat.We need salt, copper, and iron for food and to make different materials.We need the dirt from the blasts of dynamite for our gardens.     Are the following words examples of onomatopoeia? Choose Y for "yes" and N for "no."   1. Buzz YN 2. Rat YN 3. Bang YN 4. Cat YN     5. Snake  YN 6. Boom YN 7. Zoom YN   Find the following words in  the puzzle: ONOMATOPOEIA ALLITERATION KABOOM TREASURE SALT COPPER ORE MINERS EARTH DYNAMITE