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What are the three parts of an essay? C1 $100 What are the three parts of an essay?

Introduction Body Paragraphs Conclusion

Sarah’s entire family watched the baseball game. Where would you place a line to divide the subject and predicate of this sentence? Sarah’s entire family watched the baseball game.

Sarah’s entire family/watched the baseball game.

What sentence uses correct capitalization and punctuation? Jenny asked her mom “Do we have any cookies”? Jenny asked her mom, “do we have any cookies?” Jenny asked her Mom, Do we have any cookies?” Jenny asked her mom, “Do we have any cookies?”

4) Jenny asked her mom, “Do we have any cookies?”

What are the three types of pollution? C1 $400 What are the three types of pollution?

C1 $400 Air, land, water

What are the two main causes of animal endangerment?

Deforestation & poaching

________ is the struggle between two opposing forces in a story.

C2 $100 Conflict

The following sentence is an example of what? The lime green car raced by, screaming for attention.

C2 $200 Personification

Give two examples of similes. C2 $300 Give two examples of similes.

C2 $300 Answers vary

Define theme Give an example of one. C2 $400 Define theme Give an example of one.

The main idea or lesson of a story C2 $400 The main idea or lesson of a story Answers vary

What piece of literature showed us this? What is the interruption of a narrative to tell about an incident from the past? What piece of literature showed us this?

Flashback The Outsiders

Identify the verb(s) in the following sentence: Mrs. Gembka jumped for joy when the students answered all the questions on the quiz correctly.

C3 $100 “jumped” & “answered”

Identify the noun(s) and adjective(s) in the following sentence: The tall man slipped on the slippery concrete.

Nouns: “man” & “concrete” Adjectives: “tall” & “slippery”

Which of the following is a sentence fragment? 1) The environment needs our attention. 2) Because she overslept. 3) Stop it. 4) We ran.

2) Because she overslept.

Which of the following is a run-on sentence? 1) During the school year, students learned about slavery. 2) Figurative language has many components; it is everywhere around us. 3) The environment. 4) Mrs. Gembka taught us about plagiarism, she also taught us about paraphrasing.

C3 $400 4) Mrs. Gembka taught us about plagiarism, she also taught us about paraphrasing.

What sentence uses correct capitalization & punctuation? The eiffel tower is in Paris. Sarahs sister is going to Australia this summer. My favorite class was when we watched an episode of Star Trek. Matt asked his mom, “are we having pizza for dinner?

3) My favorite class was when we watched an episode of Star Trek.

What point of view is The Outsiders written in? C4 $100 What point of view is The Outsiders written in?

C4 $100 First person

What is the main setting and who is the main character in Chains?

C4 $200 New York City, Isabel

C4 $300 In Chains, Isabel desires to find her ________, which symbolizes freedom.

C4 $300 River Jordan

Which of the following is not a possible theme of The Outsiders? Gangs can help you escape problems Family ties are always important Always stay true to who you are People should look at each other for who they are on the inside.

1) Gangs help you escape problems

What is the climax of The Outsiders?

C4 $500 When Johnny dies

Describe each class on the Titanic.

1st, 2nd, 3rd, steerage Answers vary C5 $100 1st, 2nd, 3rd, steerage Answers vary

What end destination was the Titanic supposed to reach?

C5 $200 New York City

Who were the monsters in “The Monsters Are Due on Maple Street?” C5 $300 Who were the monsters in “The Monsters Are Due on Maple Street?” Explain why.

The people on Maple Street. C5 $300 The people on Maple Street. Their suspicions drove them to turn on each other.

Explain how it was shown. C5 $400 What literary device did we look at in “Dark They Were, and Golden-Eyed?” Explain how it was shown.

Mr. Bittering becomes what he was trying desperately to avoid. Irony. Mr. Bittering becomes what he was trying desperately to avoid.

“For the record, prejudices can kill and suspicion can destroy.” What quote is not a possible theme of “The Monsters Are Due on Maple Street?” “The tools of conquest do not necessarily come with bombs and explosions and fallout.” “There are weapons that are simply thoughts, attitudes, prejudices – to be found only in the minds of men.” “For the record, prejudices can kill and suspicion can destroy.”

They all are possible themes! C5 $500 They all are possible themes!