ISAT Prep Jeopardy

Figurative Language

100

There’s a faucet in the basement / that had dripped one drop all year since he fixed it, we can’t find it / without wearing scuba gear.

hyperbole

200

Cause I laugh like I've got gold mines / Diggin' in my own back yard.

simile

300

Bringing the gifts that my ancestors gave / I am the dream and the hope of the slave.

metaphor/ personification

400

The daisy hugging the earth / in August, ha!

personification

500

Don’t worry about the Alex / She’s all bark and no bite

idiom

Genre's

100

Story of Alfred Bulltop Stormalong by unknown: Stormalong was said to be a sailor and a giant, some 30 feet tall; he was the master of a huge clipper ship known in various sources as either the Courser or the Tuscarora, a ship so tall that it had hinged masts to avoid catching on the moon.

folktale

200

The Endurance: Shackleton`s Legendary Antarctic Expedition by Caroline Alexander: Photos and first person accounts describe Shackleton's 1914 expedition to Antarctica in this companion volume to a museum exhibit

biography

300

The House of the Scorpion by Nancy Farmer: Humans and clones populate a corrupt drug empire located between the United States and Mexico in this futuristic thriller

science fiction

400

Story of Robin Hood by unknown: Robin Hood is a highly-skilled archer and outlaw who actually existed. He is known for "stealing from the rich and giving to the poor" assisted by a group of outlaws known as his "Merry Men". There are many songs and stories about him. Though he was a real person, many of the facts surrounding him have been distorted or greatly exaggerated

legend

500

Story of Achilles by unknown: During the Trojan War, Achilles was the Greek's best warrior; his nymph mother, assisted by the gods, held him by his heel when she dipped him in the River Styx making him immortal everywhere but there.

myth

Context Clues

100

Due to the scarcity of food in her territory, the mother lioness had to roam far from safe ground to find a meal for her child. scarcity means...

lack of

200

When John saw his report card, he was excited because he had all As and an A- in Biology; but when his fastidious mother saw his report card, she shook her head in disappointment. fastidious means...

Very attentive to and concerned

300

The children in the orphanage might have starved had it not been for the benevolence of the nuns, who sacrificed their own small salaries to provide food for the children. benevolence means...

generosity/ kindness

400

Zach wanted to play football with the other kids but, with his horrible deficiencies in coordination, he couldn’t catch or throw the ball. deficiencies means...

lacking or inadequate

500

The young child was so engrossed by the flashing lights on the toy train that when his mother asked him if he wanted a piece of chocolate cake, he didn’t even respond. engrossed means....

absorbed - immersed

Point of View

100

We were driving along the road from Treguier to Kervanda. We passed at a smart trot between the hedges topping an earth wall on each side of the road. The driver jumped down heavily from the box. He flicked his whip and climbed the incline, stepping clumsily uphill by the side of the carriage, his eyes on the ground. After a while he lifted his head, pointed up the road with the end of the whip, and said: "The idiot!" I was startled by his outburst.

first person

200

The girl stood regarding Montag with eyes so dark and shinning that he felt he had said something quite wonderful. But he knew his mouth had only moved to say hello. “Do you mind if I ask? How long’ve you worked at being a fireman?” the girl asked. “Since I was twenty, ten years ago,” said Montag. They walked farther and the girl said, “Is it true that long ago firemen put fires out instead of going to start them?” “No,” Montag replied.

third person

300

We lived on the main residential street in town—Atticus, Jem and I, plus Calpurnia our cook. Jem and I found our father satisfactory: he played with us, read to us, and treated us with courteous detachment. Our mother died when I was two, so I never felt her absence. She was a Graham from Montgomery; Atticus met her when he was first elected to the state legislature

first person

400

“It’ll get much colder as we angle north,” Dylan said around a mouthful of his breakfast. “You should both finish your potatoes. They’ll keep you warm.” Alek turned, “But we’re already north of Tokyo. Why go out of our way?” He breathed on the window glass before him.

third person

500

If you want to send an email, first you’ll need an email account. Go to gmail.com and sign up for a Gmail account. Once you are logged in, click “Compose.” Put the addresses of any recipients in the “To” box. Tell your readers what your message is about by describing it in the “Subject” box. Then, type your message in the “Body” box and click send. It’s as easy as that.

second person

Inferences

100

Chris was upset that the teacher made the new kid sit with him. He liked to sit by himself, and he didn’t want to make any friends. While the teacher was passing out papers, the new kid made the first move, “Hi, my name’s Sean.” Chris replied brusquely, “That’s nice,” without looking up from the notebook on which he was doodling. Sean paid Chris’s lack of manners no mind. Instead, he stole a glance at the notebook on which Chris was drawing. Sean noticed that Chris was drawing a guitar with skulls on it. Sean asked politely, “What’s your favorite band?” Chris ignored him. Sean continued, “My favorite band is The Lords of Death.” Chris looked up at him for the first time. “Hello, Sean, my name is Chris. I believe that we are going to be great friends.” Sean smiled.Why did Chris suddenly respond in a positive way to Sean’s inquiries?

Sean mentioned a band that Chris likes

200

During the California Gold Rush of 1849, the world’s supply of gold more than doubled, and hundreds of thousands of people rushed to California to find their share. Boomtowns popped up to accommodate the visitors. A boomtown is a community that receives sudden and explosive growth and development. San Francisco had around two-hundred residents in 1846, and about 36,000 in 1852. The few merchants in these boomtowns sold goods for more than ten times what they cost back East. For example, a single pound of flower sold for as much as $17. Not everyone who joined in the California Gold Rush got rich, but most of the boomtown merchants did. Why were boomtown merchants able to sell their products for so much money?

There were no other merchants around. / Gold miners had a lot of gold.

300

Today would not be a good day for Vernon, co-owner of Vernon and Vernon’s Fry Shack, for the health inspector had just walked through the screen door that had no screen. The flies scattered. Vernon thought about the mousetraps in the back and wondered if they had been emptied. “Mr. Vernon?” inquired the health inspector. “We’ve received an anonymous tip about some unsanitary practices going on in the back.” The cashier stared fearfully at the inspector, while the fry cook quickly looked down. Mr. Vernon replied, “Well, our doors are always open to you, Inspector.” The inspector took the cap off of his pen. Who reported the restaurant to the health inspector?

the fry cook

400

Today would not be a good day for Vernon, co-owner of Vernon and Vernon’s Fry Shack, for the health inspector had just walked through the screen door that had no screen. The flies scattered. Vernon thought about the mousetraps in the back and wondered if they had been emptied. “Mr. Vernon?” inquired the health inspector. “We’ve received an anonymous tip about some unsanitary practices going on in the back.” The cashier stared fearfully at the inspector, while the fry cook quickly looked down. Mr. Vernon replied, “Well, our doors are always open to you, Inspector.” The inspector took the cap off of his pen.What is a likely outcome of the inspection?

the restuarnt will be ticketed/ fined/ closed

500

Anastasia sat by the fountain in the park with her head in her palms. She was weeping mournfully and wearing all black. In between gasps and sobs, Anastasia cried out a name: “Oh... John…” And then her cell phone beeped. Her hand ran into her purse and her heart fluttered. The text message was from John. She opened up the message and read the few bare words, “I need to get my jacket back from you.” Anastasia threw her head into her arms and continued sobbing. What relationship do John and Anastasia have?

boyfriend and girlfriend