Jeopardy For Short Stories
Modifications to ETTC Version Added credits and instructions. Replaced WordArt with title text (for ease of typing). Also altered the text content. Altered return-to-board buttons (for invisibility). Corrected hyperlinks for daily doubles. Added Final Jeopardy category and "corrected" answer vs. question designation for Final Jeopardy. Removed Alex Trebec.
1.Add picture of host? 2.Type in category headings, "answers," and "questions." 3.If desired, move the daily double slides (right before any "answer" slides), also changing the hyperlinks from the boards. 4.Run the show. Host and category headings are timed slides. 5.Click on unvisited dollar values on the board to reveal "answers." Instructions 6.If a daily double shows up, wait for the wager and then advance the show. 7.After contestant responds, reveal a correct "question" by advancing the show. 8.Click anywhere on "question" slides to return to the board. 9.Use the star button on the board to go on to next phase of game. 10.For Final Jeopardy, reveal the category, wait for wagers, and then advance the show.
Figurative Language
The Scarlet Ibis
Literary Terms
The Sniper
The Most Dangerous Game
Vocabulary
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The following phrase, " The Sniper could hear the dull panting of the motor “ is an example of... Literary Terms
What is Personification?
The term that means “a comparison between two or more things that doesn't use the words like or as.” Literary Terms
What is metaphor?
The term that means, “something that stands for something else (often something more abstract).” Literary Terms
What is symbolism?
“…he struck out with strong strokes” is an example of this term. Literary Terms
What is alliteration?
“I lived a year in a minute” is an example of this term. Literary Terms
What is hyperbole?
The narrator says that this has two sides, a good side and a bad side. The Scarlet Ibis
What is pride?
During the storm, he tries to keep up but falls behind, crying out not to be left alone. The Scarlet Ibis
Who is Doodle?
She says that dead birds are bad luck. The Scarlet Ibis
Who is Aunt Nicey?
The struggle between the two brothers as well as the narrator’s struggle to understand his own cruelty and pride. The Scarlet Ibis
What is the main conflict?
This statement is an example of the ________ of the story, “personal pride can destroy those we love”. The Scarlet Ibis
What is theme?
The conclusion to a story
What is denouement?
The attitude the writer takes toward the subject.
What is tone?
The message the author is trying to get across.
What is theme?
The act of creating and developing a character.
What is characterization ?
The emotional atmosphere or general feeling a story sets.
What is mood?
A rooftop in Dublin in 1920s
What is the setting?
This statement is an example of what literary device, “ paining him like a thousand devils “.
What is a simile?
The sniper who is the main character is on which side of the Irish conflict?
What is the Republicans?
The Sniper discovering that the corpse is his brother is an example of what literary device?
What is dramatic irony?
The author of the story.
Who is Liam O’Flaherty?
The central conflict in “The Most Dangerous Game” and in most action stories can be classified as what type of conflict?
What is violent external conflict?
This makes Zaroff’s game more “dangerous” than ordinary game?
What is reason?
The Cossack who is described as a bit of a savage.
Who is Ivan?
Who would “…go up to the devil himself and ask for a light”
Who is Captain Nielson?
What vocabulary word in the story means “lazily”
What is indolently?
comforts and conveniences
What are amenities?
easily touched or felt
What is palpable?
Synonym for dangerously
What is precariously?
feelings of doubt or guilt about a suggested action.
What are scruples?
anything that tends to soothe or calm someone
What is opiate?
Literary Term
When there is a difference between appearance and reality…
What is irony?