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$100 Answer from Vocabulary

Most desirable; maximum; total

“_______ darkness occurs at oh-three hundred hours” (Philbrick. 56)

$100 Question from Vocabulary

What is optimum?

Bonus $100 if you can name a synonym for the word.

$200 Answer from Vocabulary

A remembering of something:Her _________ of the event was a bit

hazy because she hit her head, but she still spoke fondly about the incident.

$200 Question from Vocabulary

What is reminiscence?

Bonus $200 if you can identify and denote the word’s prefix.

$300 Answer from Vocabulary

To place something on top of something else:Antonio’s face was_________ on the screen, so that Felix would only see Antonio as the challenger.

$300 Question from Vocabulary

What is superimposed?

Bonus $300 if you can identify and denote a prefix that is antonymous to this word’s prefix.

$400 Answer from Vocabulary

A state of being susceptible to injury or damage (physically, emotionally, or spiritually)

Because he did not protect his computer with an anti-virus program, it was __________.

$400 Question from Vocabulary

What is vulnerable?

$400 if you can identify the word’s suffix and part of speech and explain the meaning of the suffix

$500 Answer from Vocabulary

To get rid of; to eliminate:It’s time to _________ your

belief that cold weather will make you sick. Bacteria and viruses are actually the culprits.

$500 Question from Vocabulary

What is dispel?

Bonus $500 if you can name and denote the word’s prefix and provide an antonym for the word

$100 Answer from Narrator’s Perspective

The perspective that features a narrator who is not a character in the story and who only provides actions and dialogue---no thoughts or feelings

$100 Question from Narrator’s Perspective

What is third-person objective?Bonus $100 if you can match a text to the perspective

$200 Answer from Narrator’s Perspective

The narrator is a character in the story and uses pronouns such as I, we, me, us, our, and ours.

$200 Question from Narrator’s Perspective

What is first person?Bonus $200 if you can match another text to the perspective

$300 Answer from Narrator’s Perspective

The narrator is not a character and is able to provide the thoughts and feelings of all characters.

$300 Question from Narrator’s Perspective

What is third-person omniscient?Bonus $300 is you can match a text to the perspective

$400 Answer from Narrator’s Perspective

The narrator is not a character in the story but is only able to reveal the thoughts and feelings of one character.

$400 Question from Narrator’s Perspective

What is third-person limited?

Bonus $400 if you can match a text to the perspective

$500 Answer from Narrator’s Perspective

A narrator whose perspective is limited by his age, maturity, biases, etc.

$500 Question from Narrator’s Perspective

What is an unreliable narrator?Bonus $500 if you can name two examples of unreliable narrators and explain why they are unreliable

$100 Answer from Literary

TermsA reference to something the audience should understand without going into detail:In The Raven, Poe refers to “the balm of Gilead,” which his audience at that time understood was a reference to the book of Jeremiah.

$100 Question from Literary TermsWhat is an allusion?

$100 bonus if you can name another allusion in one of the texts that we read this semester

$200 Answer from Literary

TermsAn object that represents (stands for) another object or concept:

For example, the “balm in Gilead” represents healing/salvation for Israel or just healing in general.

$200 Question from Literary TermsWhat is a symbol, or what is symbolism?

$200 bonus if you can name another example of symbolism within one of the texts we read this semester.

$300 Answer from Literary

Terms

A contrast between what was expected to happen and what actually occurs:

In The Monsters Are Due on Maple Street, readers don’t expect that the monsters end up being the residents of Maple Street.

$300 Question from Literary Terms

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What is situational irony?

$300 bonus if you can cite another example of situational irony within one of the texts we have read this semester

$400 Answer from Literary

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A contrast between what one says and what he or she actually means

For example, a student might say, “Yes, just what I wanted: more homework!

$400 Question from Literary TermsWhat is verbal irony?

$400 bonus if you can respond quickly with another example of verbal irony

$500 Answer from Literary Terms

A contrast between what the audience knows and what a character knows:

A character talks on and on about how loyal and trustworthy his friend is, but the audience knows that this character’s friend has actually betrayed him.

$500 Question from Literary Terms

What is dramatic irony?

$500 bonus if you can think of another example of dramatic irony

$100 Answer from Genre / Subgenre

A subgenre of drama that features a cast of characters, stage directions, and is meant to be performed on t.v.

$100 Question from Genre / Subgenre

What is a teleplay?

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$200 Answer from Genre / Subgenre

The category of literature that provides the details of real-life events, which follow the traditional plot elements

$200 Question from Genre / Subgenre

What is narrative nonfiction?

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$300 Answer from Genre / Subgenre

The genre that features supernatural elements, coupled with the explanation for how things originated

$300 Answer from Genre / Subgenre

What is mythology?

$300 if you can match the genre to a text

$400 Answer from Genre / Subgenre

The subgenre of poetry that usually is humorous, has five lines (for which lines 1, 2, and 5 rhyme, and 3 and 4 rhyme)

$400 Question from Genre / Subgenre

What is a limerick?

Bonus $400 if you can identify both names for the type of poetry that is set to rules and patterns

$500 Answer from Genre / Subgenre

A subgenre of literature that is characterized by imaginary events that are set in an obvious historical context with some circumstances that actually occurred and maybe some characters who were real

$500 Question from Genre / Subgenre

What is historical fiction?

Bonus $500 is you can match a text to the subgenre