Jeopardy Epic Terms Punctuation Clauses Parallel Structure Randoms Q $100 Q $200 Q $300 Q $400 Q $500 Q $100 Q $200 Q $300 Q $400 Q $500 Final Jeopardy

$100 Question from Epic Terms What is a long, narrative poem called?

$100 Answer from Epic Terms An epic

$200 Question from Epic Terms The hero, the temptress, and the mentor are all examples of what epic term?

$200 Answer from Epic Terms Archetypes

$300 Question from Epic Terms What makes an epic simile different from a regular simile?

$300 Answer from Epic Terms Length and Detail

$400 Question from Epic Terms What is an epithet?

$400 Answer from Epic Terms A short, descriptive phrase

$500 Question from Epic Terms What is the following excerpt An example of: “Son of Laertes”

$500 Answer from Epic Terms Epithet

$100 Question from Punctuation This punctuation is used to introduce a list.

$100 Answer from Punctuation A colon

$200 Question from Punctuation Which piece of punctuation should Be used to complete this sentence Most effectively. “The dog was happy he wagged his tail.”

$200 Answer from Punctuation A semicolon.

$300 Question from Punctuation Name the four primary uses for the colon.

$300 Answer from Punctuation A list, A Salutation, Time, and either introducing a quote or ratios

$400 Question from Punctuation What punctuation is needed in the following: Before I go to the movies I have to do my work.

$400 Answer from Punctuation A comma between movies and I.

$500 Question from Punctuation Properly punctuate the following with colons And semicolons: Dear friends I would like you to come to my party it’s going to be wonderful. Please bring the following items soda, cups and napkins.

$500 Answer from Punctuation Dear Friends: I would like you to Come to my party; It’s going to be Wonderful. Please bring the Following: soda, cups, and napkins.

$100 Question from Clauses True or false? The following is an example of a dependent clause: My dog ate my homework.

$100 Answer from Clauses False

$200 Question from Clauses Identify the independent clause: I will leave when it stops raining.

$200 Answer from Clauses I will leave

$300 Question from Clauses Identify the dependent clause: I took a walk after the storm passed.

$300 Answer from Clauses After the storm passed

$400 Question from Clauses Identify the dependent and Independent clauses Even though I was full, I still had dessert.

$400 Answer from Clauses Even though I was full: dependent I still had dessert: independent

$500 Question from Clauses Identify the clauses used in the following sentence: I had lost my passport but I didn’t worry about it.

$500 Answer from Clauses I had lost my passport: IC I didn’t worry about it: IC

$100 Question from Parallel Structure Does the following sentence have Parallel structure? Monica brewed espresso, steamed milk, and told jokes as she prepared Mike’s latte.

$100 Answer from Parallel Structure YES – brewed, steamed, told are all parallel. When you list actions, you must use parallel structure.

$200 Question from Parallel Structure Does the following sentence have parallel structure? Natasha tried holding her breath, chewing a piece of gum, and poking her belly, but she could not quiet her empty stomach, which rumbled during the chemistry exam.

$200 Answer from Parallel Structure Yes - Here, holding, chewing, and poking all begin gerund phrases (-ing), so the list is parallel.

$300 Question from Parallel Structure Does the following sentence have parallel Structure? In the restroom, Tishena was brushing her hair, freshened her lip-gloss, and took deep breaths, trying to work up the courage to walk to her first speech class.

$300 Answer from Parallel Structure No –freshened and took are past Tense verbs, but “was brushing” is past Progressive, which wrecks the PS.

$400 Question from Parallel Structure Does the following sentence have Parallel structure? Celine looked behind the toilet, in the laundry basket, and checked under the bed, but she could not find Squeeze, her nine-foot albino python.

$400 Answer from Parallel Structure No - Here, behind the toilet and in the laundry basket are both prepositional phrases, but checked under the bed begins with a simple past tense verb, wrecking the parallelism.

$500 Question from Parallel Structure Does the following sentence have parallel structure? For his first date with Malinda, Dennis bought not only a dozen roses but he also purchased a box of chocolates.

$500 Answer from Writing No - When you use not only... but also, you must maintain parallel structure. A dozen roses follows not only, so a box of chocolates is all that should come after but also. He purchased a box of chocolates is a main clause and thus wrecks the parallelism.

$100 Question from Randoms What term for “in the middle of things” is the term that we use to Describe the beginning of the Odyssey?

$100 Answer from Randoms En medias res

$200 Question from Random Where are the two places in a sentence where a conjunctive adverb might be found?

$200 Answer from Random At the beginning of the sentence And After a semicolon

$300 Question from Random What is the information that would be needed for the header Of a paper that you wrote about Halloween for your English class on October 31, This will include a title!

$300 Answer from Random Last name 1 Your name Teacher’s name Class and period 31 October 2013 Halloween Paper

$400 Question from Randoms The ghostly boy followed me down the lane. What part of speech is “ghostly”?

$400 Answer from Random Adjective

$500 Question from Random What are the three primary purposes for writing?

$500 Answer from H5 Inform Entertain Persuade

Final Jeopardy Identify the purpose of each sentence in the 11-sentence Paragraph.

Final Jeopardy Answer 1- Topic sentence 2 – major support 3 – minor support 4 – minor support 5 – major support 6 – minor support 7 – minor support 8 – major support 9 – minor support 10 – minor support 11 – concluding sentence