Narrative
Lit Analysis
Argument
Miscellaneous
All About Ms. M
100

When 2 or more characters are speaking/having a conversation in a story.

What is dialogue?

100

Junior's best friend in Part-Time Indian.

Who is Rowdy?

100

The writer's position: the point they are trying to make.

What is a thesis/claim?

100

The concept we have discussed all year long.

What is justice?

100

Ms. M's favorite hobby.

What is reading?

200

The most dramatic and important part of the story.

What is the climax?

200

The main idea or lesson of a story.

What is theme?

200

Statistics, facts, quotations, surveys, etc., that help prove reasoning.

What is evidence?

200

The type of judge you were for the Benson case.

What is appellate court judge?

200

The number of years Ms. M has been teaching high school/middle school.

What is four?

300

Taste, touch, sound, smell, and sight; these 5 characteristics make up this narrative technique.

What is imagery?

300

The people who died in Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian.

Who is Mary (Junior's sister), Eugene (Junior's Dad's best friend), Junior's grandmother?

300

The opposing viewpoint of an argument.

What is a counterargument?

300

The five rights protected by the First Amendment.

What is the freedom of speech, religion, press, assembly, and right to petition the government.

300

The Hogwarts house Ms. M belongs to.

What is Ravenclaw?

400

Where and when a story takes place.

What is setting?

400

The nerdy white kid that Junior meets in Reardan.

Who is Gordy?

400

The reason why Jem broke his arm in To Kill a Mockingbird.

What is Bob Ewell attacked him (and was then killed by Boo Radley).

400

The name of all five books we read this year. 

What is Brown Girl Dreaming, Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian, Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe, My Family Divided, and To Kill a Mockingbird. 

400

The state Ms. M lived in before Washington.

What is Missouri?

500

Metaphore/simile, onomatopoeia, personification, and imagery. 

What are examples of literary devices?

500

The real-life reservation Junior lived on in Part-Time Indian that is located in Spokane, Washington. Author Sherman Alexie also grew up here.

What is the Wellpinit Indian Reservation?

500

The definition of past precedent. 

What is a prior court decision that serves as an example for judges to follow in future cases with similar issues or facts?

500

The purpose of continuity in laws and court cases. 

What is ensuring predictability and stability?

500

Ms. McLaughlin's cat's names.

Who is Poe and Belle?

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