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We will begin with two players. I will ask a question, and the first person to raise their hand will get to answer the question. NO SHOUTING OUT! Each right answer will earn you 1 bonus point on tomorrow’s test. - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
PLAYERS’ RULES:1) We will begin with two players.
2) I will ask a question, and the first person to raise their hand will get to answer the question. NO SHOUTING OUT!
3) Each right answer will earn you 1 bonus point on tomorrow’s test.
4) If you answer a true/false question and get the answer incorrect, your partner continues in the competition if they can explain why the answer is true or false.
5) If you both answer a free response question incorrectly, neither will move on in the game, and we’ll begin with a new pair.
AUDIENCE’S RULES:1) When it is not your turn to play, you should be writing down the questions and
answers. This will serve as your study guide. I will collect these after tomorrow’s test, and based off the number of questions and answers written down, you will earn 5% extra credit, with flashcards for tomorrow’s test serving as the other 5%!!!
2) If the players answer incorrectly, the 1st person to give me the right answer or tell me why the answer is what it is will receive ½ a point!
3) You can also earn ½ a point extra credit if you are able to tell me why an answer is false or explain the answer for a free response question.
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That’s Gotta Be Real
Creative or Expository?
Literary Terms Galore
That Happened
Where?
The Stories They’ve Told
True or False: Bias can be found in nonfiction.
Category 1: $100: A
True: Bias can be found in nonfiction.
Now explain how for the points…
Category 1: $100: Q
What type of nonfiction emphasizes events outside the writer’s life such as significant historical events the writer has been a part of or has witnessed, or other
people the writer has known
Category 1: $200: A
A memoir emphasizes events outside the writer’s life such as significant historical events the writer
has been a part of or has witnessed, or other people the writer has known
Category 1: $200: Q
The difference between a biography and an autobiography
Category 1: $300: A
A biography and an autobiography both cover a person’s entire life, but a biography is written in 3rd
person by someone other than who the story is about; whereas an autobiography is written in 1st
person by the person it happened to.
Category 1: $300: Q
In from Kaffir Boy, granny saying she understands but she
doesn’t understand the education laws is an example of what
literary term?
Category 1: $400: A
In from Kaffir Boy, granny saying she understands but she
doesn’t understand the education laws is an example of a paradox
Category 1: $400: Q
Benefit of a 3rd person account of a story.
Category 1: $500: A
The benefit of 3rd person point of view is it is more neutral, but the drawback is that person may not know
the whole story.
On the other hand, if a story is written in 1st person, although that person knows the story the best because it
happened to him/her, all the details might not be revealed because the narrator wants the audience to
side with him/her.
Category 1: $500: Q
__________ is a lot like fiction because they tell a story and have many of the same elements such as
setting, characters, theme, plot, and conflict
Category 2: $100: A
Narrative/creative nonfiction is a lot like fiction because they tell a story and have
many of the same elements such as setting, characters, theme, plot, and conflict
Category 2: $100: Q
A newspaper article is an example of what kind of
nonfiction?
Category 2: $200: A
A newspaper article is an example of expository
nonfiction
Category 2: $200: Q
___________ explains an event or situation by focusing primarily on facts instead of great description and story
telling.
Category 2: $300: A
Expository nonfiction explains an event or situation by focusing
primarily on facts instead of great description and story
telling.
Category 2: $300: Q
“By Any Other Name” is an example of what kind of
nonficiton?
Category 2: $400: A
“By Any Other Name” is an example of creative nonfiction,
more specifically, a memoir.
Category 2: $400: Q
What are the two ways to organize creative nonfiction?
Category 2: $500: A
The two ways to organize creative nonfiction
chronological order and flashback
Category 2: $500: Q
True or False: An author can create a mood by the words he/she chooses & the setting
Category 3: $100: A
True: An author can create a mood by the words he/she
chooses & the setting
Category 3: $100: Q
What is it called when an author gives hints as to what might happen. For instance, when
Jacobs says the 1st man who had the monkey’s paw wished for
death.
Category 3: $200: A
Foreshadowing is when an author gives hints as to what might happen. For instance,
when Jacobs says the 1st man who had the monkey’s paw wished for death.
Category 3: $200: Q
What is it called when everyone loved and cheered for Ned
Flanders’ wish in the Simpson’s spoof of “The Monkey’s Paw”
Category 3: $300: A
It’s called situational irony when everyone loved and cheered for Ned Flanders because Homer
thought it’d bring him bad luck?
Category 3: $300: Q
True or False: Foreshadowing helps create suspense.
Category 3: $400: A
True: Foreshadowing helps create suspense.
Category 3: $400: Q
True or False: In “By Any Other Name,” the teacher is a round character because we are able to hear her thoughts and feelings
on the situation.
Category 3: $500: A
False: In “By Any Other Name,” the teacher is a flat character.
Category 3: $500: Q
Making the piano crash and the monkey’s paw move in Mr.
White’s hand adds what to the story?
Category 4: $100: A
Making the piano crash and the monkey’s paw move in Mr.
White’s hand adds suspense to the story.
Category 4: $100: Q
Which character in from Kaffir Boy who would be considered
wise?
Category 4: $200: A
Momma would be considered wise in from Kaffir Boy.
Category 4: $200: Q
The clock in “Masque of the Red Death” is a symbol for what?
Category 4: $300: A
The clock in the “Masque of the Red Death is a symbol for time running out.
Other symbols include: 7 rooms = 7 stage of life
7th room = deathTwists and turns = mimics life
Welding of the door = false sense of security
Category 4: $300: Q
The reader can tell “Contents of the Dead Man’s Pocket” is written in _______ point of view because the narrator says he and only reveals the thoughts and feelings of Tom.
Category 4: $400: A
The reader can tell “Contents of the Dead Man’s Pocket” is
written in 3rd person limited point of view because the
narrator says he and only reveals the thoughts and feelings of
Tom.
Category 4: $400: Q
The kids making fun of Santha in “By Any Other Name” is an example of what kind
of conflict?
Category 4: $500: A
The kids making fun of Santha in “By Any Other Name” is an example of external conflict.
Category 4: $500: Q
What is the lesson of a story called?
Category 5: $100: A
The lesson in a story is called the theme. For example, the lesson in “Monkey’s Paw” is that you can’t mess with fate.
Category 5: $100: Q
What is it called when Mark has to decide whether or not he
wanted to not only go to school, but apply himself so he could truly get an education to help
him in the future?
Category 5: $200: A
It is called internal conflict when Mark has to decide whether or not he wanted
to not only go to school, but apply himself so he could truly get an
education to help him in the future.
Category 5: $200: Q
Using the words around an unfamiliar word to figure out the
meaning.
Category 5: $300: A
Using the words around an unfamiliar word to figure out the meaning is
called using context clues.
Category 5: $300: Q
The main character in a work of Literature
Category 5: $400: A
The protagonist is the main character in a work of literature.
Category 5: $400: Q
What is it called when Poe makes the Red Death a character
in the “Masque of the Red Death”?
Category 5: $500: A
It’s called personification when Poe makes the Red Death a
character in the “Masque of the Red Death.”
Category 5: $500: Q