Writing Genres
What is a memoir?
This type of writing tells a true story from the author’s own life.
Sensory Details are words and phrases that describe how things look, sound, smell, taste, or feel.
What is sentence variation?
Sentence variation refers to the practice of using different sentence lengths, structures, and rhythms to make writing more interesting
Who is performing at the Superbowl Half-Time Show in February?
Bad Bunny
Which team won the Champion's League in 2025?
PSG
What is the difference between a memoir and an autobiography?
An autobiography tells the story of a person's entire life, where a memoir focuses on a specific experience from a person's life
“The thunder boomed and echoed across the valley.”
This sentence uses which sensory detail?
Sound (hearing)
What are the main 3 types of sentences used in writing?
Simple, Compound, and Complex
Who is the most streamed artist on Spotify?
Taylor Swift
Which soccer player is known for biting his opponents?
Luis Suarez
What is personification?
Personification is giving human qualities or characteristics to objects or things that aren't human
When a writer describes the way something looks, they are using this sense.
Sight
What do we call the part of a sentence that doesn't sound like a full sentence, when you read it out loud?
The dependent clause or dependent sentence
Who is the most streamed musical group on Spotify?
BTS
Which three teams have not lost a match yet in the current Champion's League standings?
Bayern, Arsenal, and Inter
What is the Rhyme Scheme of the poem below?
The sky turns gold as daylight fades,
Soft whispers drift through fields of green,
The stars appear, calm and serene,
While shadows stretch in twilight shades.
ABBA
“The scent of rain mixed with the smoke from a campfire.”
Which sense is being described here?
Smell
What type of sentence is this?
"During the day, I think about food."
A Complex sentence
(with left branching) -> bonus 100 points if noted in answer
Who is Mr. Turco's favorite band?
Which Premier League team has the youngest, active soccer player in the world?
Bonus 100 points if you provide his name and/or age
Arsenal
Max Dowman (15)
Is the following sentence left branching or right branching?
After the concert, I drove my friends home.
Left Branching
In the sentence, “The icy wind bit at my cheeks as the faint taste of salt hung in the air,” which two senses are being used?
Touch and Taste
What type of sentence is the sentence below?
"Because she was running late, she grabbed a quick breakfast, and she caught the train just in time."
A Compound-Complex Sentence
Which song is the most streamed song on Spotify with 5.1 billion streams?
"Blinding Lights" by The Weeknd
Which country has won the most World Cups?
Bonus 200 points if you can tell me how many
Brazil (5)