Jeopardy Semester 1 Honors English Review

Semester 1 Review Semester 1 Review Themes Research Terms Literary Terms NovelsShortStories Grab Bag

Theme 100 True/False: The theme of The Great Gatsby could be that money cannot buy love. What is True?

Themes 200 True/False: A theme of 1984 could be that you can’t beat the system. What is True?

Theme 300 Justify the theme of independence is key to a healthy life in “The Yellow Wallpaper.” What is (answers may vary)?

Theme 400 Identify and justify a theme from “A Rose for Emily.” What is (answers may vary)?

Theme 500 You can’t change your fate could be a theme of this story. What is Oedipus the King?

Research Terms 100 Definition of paraphrase. What is to reword information in another form or by using different words while retaining the meaning?

Research Terms 200 Definition of summarize. What is to condense or restate briefly?

Research Terms 300 When you put the author’s name or article title within your paper, it is called this. What is an in-text citation?

Research Terms 400 This is the article title in the citation below. Buchholz, K. “Putting the Win in Twins.” Baseball Fanatics. 26 April ProQuest. Online. 7 May What is “Putting the Win in Twins”

Research Terms 500 Please paraphrase (and cite properly) this quotation by Einstein. What is (answers may vary)? Possible Example: Our world will cease to have original thoughts when technology overtakes face-to-face communication (Einstein).

Literary Terms 100 Bittersweet chocolate is an example of what literary term? What is oxymoron?

Literary Terms 200 Give an example of a nuance and explain. Answers may vary.

Literary Terms 300 Hints a writer uses to reveal things that may happen later in the story is called… What is foreshadowing? Bonus: Give an example from one of the short stories read in class.

Literary Terms 400 This is the difference between denotation and connotation and give an example using snow. What is –Denotation is the dictionary definition. –Connotation is the assumed meaning (the feeling that is associated with it).

Literary Terms 500 Name the four different types of Point of View and what they are. First person – the narrator is part of the story, using I and we Second person – the narrator tells the story directly to the reader, using you Third person limited – narrator only knows what ONE character thinks Third person omniscient – narrator is all-knowing

Novels 100 Identify what conflicts are present in 1984 and give an example for each. –Person v. Self –Person v. Person –Person v. Nature –Person v. Society –Person v. Fate What is all five (examples may vary)?

Novels 200 Identify at least three symbols in The Great Gatsby and what they stood for. What is (answers may vary)?

Novels 300 Oedipus was discarded as a baby but saved by a servant and given to whom. Who is the Shepherd of Corinth?

Novels 400 Orwell pulled examples from real life experiences in order to write his novel. Give at least two separate examples of how he did this. What is (answers may vary)?

Novels 500 Identify at least one universal quality in the three novels read in class and explain. What is (answers may vary)?

Short Stories 100 Why was Miss Emily Grierson’s funeral so well attended? What is because she was so independent and removed from society that people were curious about her and her house.

Short Stories 200 In what point of view is “The Yellow Wallpaper” written in and what impact does it have on the story? What is 1 st person and it makes the reader directly experience/embody everything the narrator does?

Short Stories 300 Analyze the events of “The Yellow Wallpaper” Name two specific occurrences that could have done instead to help the narrator. Answers may vary

Short Stories 400 Identify the conflicts present in “The Gift of the Magi” and give an example of each. –Person v. Self –Person v. Person –Person v. Nature –Person v. Society –Person v. Fate What is all Self, Society (examples may vary)?

Stories 500 What is the significance of the title “A Rose for Emily?” Please support with specific examples from the text Answers may vary

Grab Bag 100 Define what being a dynamic character is. Give an example of a dynamic character from Dynamic – the character changes over the course of the story Example - Winston

Grab Bag 200 These literary elements are used in the following sentence: –The seniors seem to be as eager as a beaver to start their second and final semester at Garretson High School. What is alliteration (s), assonance (ee), and simile?

Grab Bag 300 What is the difference between tone and mood. Tone: The author’s attitude toward the writing (humorous, suspenseful, formal, etc) Mood: The atmosphere created by the author – what it makes me feel (frightening, excited, romantic) Bonus: What elements does an author use to create tone?

Grab Bag 400 Identify, define, and give an example of the three types of irony. What is situational, dramatic, and verbal irony. –Examples may vary.

Grab Bag 500 What are the essential elements of a research paper (at least five)? What are the introduction, body, conclusion, thesis, and in-text citations? –Transitions are also very beneficial!

Final Jeopardy In 1984 and The Great Gatsby, this could be considered the authors’ purposes for writing the novels and why. –Persuade –Inform –Entertain