1. Trasketball

2. What is the mood of a story?

3. What is the setting of a story called?

4. What is a participle?

5. What is suspense?

6. What is genre?

7. In “Monsters,” what does Steve work on in his basement that makes his neighbors suspicious of him?

8. What is dramatic irony in “The Tell-Tale Heart”?

9. What television series is “Monsters Are Due on Maple Street” from?

10. What was written in italics in “Monsters”?

11. According to Figure 1 and Figure 2, could what happened on Maple Street happen anywhere at anytime?

12. How does Edgar Allan Poe create suspense in his story, “The Tell-Tale Heart”?

13. What is the message of “Little Orphant Annie”?

14. Where does Tommy get his ideas that aliens are behind the cars and power not working?

15. According to “That Nearly Scared Me to Death!”, how does our brain let us know that the scary movie we are watching is not real?

16. Name one image or idea that we as readers often associate with suspense.

17. What genre is “Little Orphant Annie”?

18. What genre is “Monsters Are Due on Maple Street”?

19. What genre is the article, “That Nearly Scared Me to Death!”?

20. Who’s point of view is “The Tell-Tale Heart” told from?

21. Who are the real monsters of Maple Street?

22. What is one connection between “That Nearly Scared Me to Death!” and “What Makes Teens Tick?”

23. What is a characteristic of informational texts?

24. What is a characteristic of fairy tales?

25. What is one lesson learned from the fairy tales we discussed?

26. Dancing in her room, Allie was excited about her first date. What is the participial phrase?

27. I was afraid to wake my sleeping mother. What is the participle?

28. Joshua, singing to himself, walked his dog around the park. What is the participial phrase?

29. Terrified, Quan ran away from the clown. What is the participle?

30. Ryan, paddling down the river, hoped to find someone soon. What is the participial phrase?

31. The blooming flowers brightened up the room. What is the participle?

32. Callie remained in her room, studying for her test. What is the participial phrase?

33. The burnt cookies made my kitchen stink. What is the participle?

34. Dreaming of becoming a basketball player, he practiced every single day. What is the participial phrase?

35. My little brother, trying to persuade me to play with him, offered me a cookie. What is the participial phrase?