G Block Jeopardy

Spelling and Meaning

100

The difference between won and one

•  Won (Past tense of win)
• One (The first number)

200

The difference between steel and steal

• Steel (A type of metal)
• Steal (To take something that is not yours)

300

The difference between there, their and they’re

• There(positional)
• Their(possessive)
• They’re(contraction of they are)

400

The difference between cite, sight and site

• Cite (Something you use in a report to where evidence came from)
• Sight (Vision)
• Site ( refers to location)

500

The difference between yore, you’re and your

                  - Yore (refers to the past)

                  - You’re (contraction of you are)

                  - Your (possessive)

                 

Grammar and Punctuation

100

the function of a semicolon

To separate to two independent clauses that could either be separated by a comma with FANBOYS or period

200

what it means for a word to be possessive

show ownership or direct connection

300

when we use an apostrophe

To form possessive nouns To show the omission of letters Indicate plurals of letters number or symbols

400

provide and antonym for the word Vibrant

dull

500

Turn the sentence “They wore a sweater” into a passive sentence

The sweater was worn by them

Literary Analysis

100

“Go the f*** to sleep is ranked 125th on amazon. When I woke up it was number 1. I do not want to get overly technical here but the book does not exist.”

Irony

200

“The noise was almost like in a movie after an explosion happens where the sound just disappears”

Simile

300

“you know you get a lot of material from me”

“mmmhm yeah yeah”

“where would you be without me?”

Dialogue

400

Tara Westover’s memoir, Educated, her journey from ignorance to knowledge is like a phoenix rising from the ashes of an education-deprived childhood

metaphor

500

Tara Westover’s memoir Educated is a literary meteor shower, with her transformative journey burning brighter then a thousand suns

hyperbole

Literary Devices

100

•  Her smile was as bright as the sun

hyperbole or simile

200

• I finally cleaned my room, but now I cant find anything!

Irony

300

• Life is as journey, full of twists turns, and ups and downs.

Literary device in this.

metaphor

400

• Connor wouldn’t eat Taco Bell even if he was starving.

Name the literary device.

Hyperbole

500

Literary devices (number of them and name them): 

• Alex Jones predicted that Jeff would be so Rich that he would live in a dumpster.

3 (paradox, foreshadowing, allusion)

Sentence Revisions

100

My friends jack AJ Shawn were with me at the mall.

My friends, Jack, AJ, and Shawn were at the mall with me.

200

My wife coming from the city and I from the suburbs.

My wife comes from the city, and I come from the suburbs.

300

Jupiter is the largest planet in the solar system, it also has the largest moon.

Jupiter is the largest planet in the solar system, and it also has the largest moon.

OR

Jupiter is the largest planet in the solar system; it also has the largest moon.

400

My wife Amy had an unique coat given to her by her friend Jessica  the coat was originally downstairs on the couch but when Amy looked it wasn’t their.

My wife, Amy, had an coat given to her by her friennd, Jessica. The coat was originally downstairs on the couch; but when Amy looked it wasn’t there.

500

We decided to take a walk in the sunshine even though we had more work to do, it had been a dreary phew days leading up to today and we knew the break would make us more productive and happier.

We decided to take a walk in the sunshine even though we had more work to do; it had been a dreary few days leading up to today, and we knew the break would make us more productive and happier.

OR

We decided to take a walk in the sunshine even though we had more work to do because it had been a dreary few days leading up to today. We knew the break would make us more productive and happier.