Characters
Glossophobia
Vocabulary/Grammar
100
This is the name of the protagonist in the short story "The Ravine."
What is "Vinny?"
100
This is the definition of "glossophobia."
What is "the fear of public speaking?"
100
This is the part of speech that the subject of a sentence is.
What is "a noun?"
200
This is the name of the cousin and the uncle of the narrator of the short story "The Jumping Tree?"
What is Jorge?
200
This is the meaning of the subtitle, "The Lowdown."
What is "the whole truth?"
200
This is the two things that make up an "inference."
What is "background knowledge" and "text evidence."
300
This is the name of the female character in the short story, "The Ravine."
What is Starlene?
300
This is the true or false answer to the following statement: "It is rare that people suffer from glossophobia."
What is "False!"
300
These are the five elements of plot.
What is "exposition, rising action, climax, falling action, resolution?"
400
This is why the narrator is insecure when he is with the other characters in the short story, "The Jumping Tree."
What is "he is younger than they are."
400
This is the difference between fact and opinion.
What is "a fact can be proven and an opinion cannot be."
400
This is how you use the word "anathema" in a sentence.
What is "________________ is anathema to me?"
500
This is the number of characters in the short story, "The Ravine?"
What is four?
500
This is the literary term for the effect of the words, "circling sharks, sheer terror, gaping like a helpless goldfish, quaking with fear."
What is "imagery?"
500
This is what you must say in Ms. Simmons-Rosen's class instead of "So not fair!"
What is "highly inequitable?"
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