1. This IS
Jeopardy

3. Theme

4. Skills
&
Strategies

5. Character

6. Big Green
Trivia

7. Response to Literature

8. G.U.M.

9. Skills
&
Strategies
Character
Big Green Trivia
Response to Lit.
Theme
G.U.M.
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10. Which element of literature communicates a universal truth about life?

11. theme

12. ___________ is what a piece of literature reveals about life; the __________ is the topic and can be expressed in just a word or two, such as love, childhood, injustice.

13. theme
subject

14. What is a recurring theme in the poem “The Highwayman” and short story “User Friendly”?

15. Possible answers: Love is powerful, Sometimes love is unreturned, Love can make you do crazy things, etc..

16. Theme is what the writer wants you to _________ for yourself as you share the experiences of the story’s characters.

17. discover

18. One way to identify the theme is to look at the story’s ____________
One way to identify the theme is to look at the story’s ____________. Does it reveal anything special about the story?

19. title

20. “Her face was like a light.”
This sentence from “The Highwayman” is an example of what kind of figure of speech?

21. simile

22. “Echo was one of the most beautiful nymphs or fairies of the hills.”
Context clues reveal that nymphs are _____________.

23. fairies

24. To find a character’s traits, you have to make _________________.

25. inferences

26. In “The Highwayman”, a metaphor was used to compare what to a ribbon of moonlight?

27. The road

28. What is an idiom?

29. An expression that is not literally true

30. List four ways an author reveals a character's traits.

31. Appearance, thoughts, words, and actions

32. Name two ways a writer can describe their character.

33. Direct and Indirect Characterization

34. When a writer "shows and tells" what a character is like, it is __________ characterization.

35. Direct

36. When a writer describes the character's appearance, shows how other characters react to him/her, describes the character's thoughts and feelings, they are creating _______ characterization.

37. Indirect

38. Understanding characters helps readers ____________.

39. Understand the story

40. What color is Bess (the Landlord’s daughter)’s hair?

41. black

42. Name two of the stories we read in Chapter Two (Characterization)

43. Smallest Dragonboy A Rice Sandwich
Mother and Daughter
Smallest Dragonboy A Rice Sandwich

44. What is the name of Yollie Moreno’s “boyfriend”?

45. Ernie Castillo

46. Name three of the main characters in “User Friendly.”

47. Kevin Neal, Louis the computer, Chuck Linke, or Ginny Linke

48. Name the poet of “The Highwayman.”

49. Alfred Noyes

50. When writing a character analysis, you should make inferences to determine the character’s most important _______.

51. traits

52. Why is a bubble map a good Thinking Map for prewriting a character analysis?

53. A bubble map is for describing (with adjectives)
A bubble map is for describing (with adjectives). A character analysis describes a character’s traits.

54. Each character trait should be supported by ______________ from the story.

55. Details or evidence

56. However, furthermore, after, also, as, next, and during are all __________ words that connect ideas and details.

57. transitions

58. Daily
Double!!

59. What character trait could be included in a character analysis about Mrs. Moreno?

60. Answers will vary

61. Identify the independent clause in this sentence: After hearing a loud noise, Louisa stopped the car and looked underneath it.

62. Louisa stopped the car and looked underneath it.

63. The jacket with the gray stripes is mine
Classify the underlined phrase as an adjective phrase or an adverb phrase:
The jacket with the gray stripes is mine

64. Adjective phrase

65. Many shopkeepers were upset because the figures were so very costly.
Identify the following sentence as compound or complex:
Many shopkeepers were upset because the figures were so very costly.

66. complex

67. Rewrite this sentence using correct capitalization and punctuation:
after i watched the dallas cowboys win i watched the san diego chargers lose

68. After I watched the Dallas Cowboys win, I watched the San Diego Chargers lose.

69. Make up a compound-complex sentence with these words in it:. escape
Make up a compound-complex sentence with these words in it: escape when English teacher fire-breathing writing class running

70. Answers will
vary

71. Final Jeopardy
Cause and Effect

72. To find causes and their effects in articles, look for signal terms such as __________ and _______.