Riddles
Media Analysis
The Giver
Persuasive Speeches
Fun and games
100

A cowboy rides into town on Friday. He stays three days, then rides out of town on Friday. How?

The horse's name is Friday

100

What persuasive technique is this:

"They will make this mistake again and again and again."

Repetition

100

What type of text is The Giver?

A novel

100

What is the first sentence of a persuasive speech called?

A hook

100

What is the meme students cannot stop referencing this year?

6-7

200

What do you lose the moment you share it?

A secret

200

What word describes the author's main opinion/perspective?

Contention

200

What is the word used in the novel to describe everyone/everything being the same?

Sameness

200

What should your speech end with? 

A call to action

200

What does Miss P think about 'The Giver' movie?

That it is not good

300

You see a boat filled with people. It has not sunk, but when you look again you don’t see a single person on the boat. Why?

They're all married

300

What persuasive technique is this:

"Easy and efficient exercises."

Alliteration

300

What are the 4 main themes in The Giver?

Freedom of Choice

Illusion of utopia

Individuality vs conformity

Memory and the past

300

What are the 5 speech delivery techniques you annotated your speech for?

eye contact (LOOK), gestures (gesture), tone (tone), pauses (//)(///), emphasis (underline).

300

Which Blooket game mode was most commonly requested by my students this year?

Fishing Frenzy!

400

What's lighter than a feather but impossible to hold for much more than a minute?

Your breath

400

What persuasive technique is this:

"There are millions of us in this school that think homework is the biggest waste of time in the world!"

Hyperbole

400

What does the apple symbolise?

Jonas' ability to "see beyond"/see colour

400

What are the modes of persuasion?

Ethos, pathos, and logos

400

What is the name of the game where you have to find the answer by guessing words that are close in meaning?

Contexto

500

You measure my life in hours and I serve you by expiring. I’m quick when I’m thin and slow when I’m large. The wind is my enemy.

A candle

500

What word describes the various groups of people who are affected by/interested in an issue?

Stakeholders

500

What was the last thing Jonas heard in the book?

Music

500

What was the area where your gestures should be placed called (based on the YouTube Shorts video we watched)?

The Powersphere

500

What is Miss P's full last name?

Psevdoikonomou

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