Jeopardy Vocabulary Narrator’s Perspective Literary Terms Genre / Subgenre Q $100 Q $200 Q $300 Q $400 Q $500 Q $100 Q $200 Q $300 Q $400 Q $500 Jeopardy

$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 Terms A 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 Terms What 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 Terms An 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 Terms What 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 Possible response: 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 Terms 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 Terms What 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? Bonus $100 if you match the subgenre with a text

$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? $200 if you can match a text to the subgenre

$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