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Expository/Persuasion Jeopardy Writing and Grammar Grab Bag Literary Response Expository/Persuasion Research / MLA Literary Devices 100 100 100 100 100 100 200 200 200 200 200 200 300 300 300 300 300 300 400 400 400 400 400 400 500 500 500 500 500 500

What is the difference between a topic and a theme?

A topic is a one-word subject, a theme is a message or idea expressed in a sentence

Explain one strategy of determining the meaning of an unknown word.

Connecting to familiar words Connecting to other languages Using context clues Connecting to familiar words Connecting to other languages A 200

Give one similarity and one difference between the literary devices in a novel and a play.

Teacher discretion A 300

What is the purpose of a thesis statement?

To provide the author’s argument and outline the body paragraphs of the essay with three pieces of evidence. A 400

Explain one way that authors help readers visualize the story (be specific).

Teacher Discretion A 500

Define characterization. B 100

Characterization is the presentation of a character’s personality traits. B 100

What is the difference between internal and external conflict?

Internal conflict is the character versus themselves, while external conflict is the characters versus others, nature, or society. B 200

Give one example of how the relationship between two characters affects the plot of the story.

Teacher Discretion B 300

Explain the difference between tone and mood.

Tone is the sound or attitude of the text, while mood is the feeling of the reader created by the text. B 400

Explain the plot of one story we read this year, using each stage of plot structure. B 500

Teacher discretion B 500

List the 3 persuasive appeals. C 100

Logos, Pathos, Ethos C 100

What type of persuasive appeal is the following sentence: don’t ditch school because it is wrong to ditch. C 200

Ethos C 200

Give me a pathos persuasive sentence.

Teacher discretion C 300

DAILY DOUBLE DAILY DOUBLE Place A Wager C 400

What is one way the writer of advertisement can get the viewer’s attention?

Teacher discretion C 400

Give me a thesis statement with one historical example for the following prompt: Do memories hinder or help people in their effort to learn from the past and succeed in the present? C 500

Teacher discretion C 500

What is the format for a book title? D 100

Underline or italicized

What is the purpose of a citing your sources? D 200

To avoid plagarism D 200

True or False: A Works-Cited list can have numbers and bullet points.

False D 300

What is wrong with the following Works Cited – list? Steinbeck, John. Of Mice and Men. London: 1937. D 400

Missing the publication company D 400

What three things are wrong with the following in-text citation? Spit it out Scout”! (Lee, 33) D 500

It is missing beginning quotations, punctuation is outside the ending quotation marks and there is a comma in between the author’s name and page number of book. D 500

Define metaphor. E 100

A comparison of two things not using ‘like’ or ‘as.’

What is the purpose of using figurative language?

The purpose of using figurative language is to help the reader visualize or make the description more interesting. E 200

Name a symbol in To Kill a Mockingbird and explain what it represents.

Teacher discretion E 300

Give a sentence using personification.

Teacher discretion E 400

Give an example of one device that contributed to a major theme in To Kill a Mockingbird.

Teacher discretion E 500

What is the difference between an adverb and an adjective?

An adverb describes a verb, and an adjective describes a noun. F 100

Fix the following sentence so that it is precise: I need to put stuff in my thesis statement to prove my point. F 200

I need concrete examples in my thesis statement to prove my point. F 200

Fix the following sentence: Monique and me parked our Honda red van on the bridge. F 300

Monique and I parked our red Honda van on the bridge. F 300

Outline the business letter format on the board.

Teacher Discretion F 400

What is the difference between response to literature essays and expository essays?

Response to literature essays use textual examples, and expository essays use real-life examples.

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Write a TRP: Analyze the connotation of the following sentence: Della’s beautiful hair fell about her, rippling and shining like a cascade of brown waters. Click on screen to continue

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