The Phantom Tollbooth
What is the name of the Land of Numbers?
Digitopolis
What is the acronym we use for organizing an informational essay?
HITIDE
What is the term we use to refer to 2 characters talking in a story?
Dialogue
What is a noun?
What is Iron Man's real name? (Not the actor)
What was the name of Dr. Dischord's assistant?
The Awful Dynne
What is the name of the sentence in the introductory paragraph that tells the reader what the essay is about?
The thesis statement
Name 2 Point of Views a narrative may have.
1st person, 2nd, 3rd Limited, or 3rd Omniscient.
What is the name of a word that describes a verb.
An adverb.
How many players are on the field for one team in a soccer match?
11
Where did Milo get stuck at in Act 1? (This is also where the Lethargarians live.)
The Doldrums
When writing to inform, your writing should not have your opinions. What is the word that we call this practice?
Writing in an Objective style.
If we hear the thoughts and emotions of only one character, but they are NOT the narrator, what point of view is the story written in?
3 person limited.
Name 3 different kinds of figurative language.
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How many Eyes of Ender are needed to fill the End Portal in Minecraft?
12
Throughout the play, we see words that are written in parentheses. What are these words called?
Stage Directions
What word should NEVER be in an informational text (unless it is in a quote)?
"I"
Why do we not worry about how many paragraphs we have in a narrative?
Because dialogue can affect the length of paragraphs too much.
When quoting, does the end punctuation go inside or outside of the parentheses if it ends the quote?
Inside
What is Mr. Fantastic's real name?
Reed Richards
King Azaz tells Milo that there is something important about their mission, but he can't tell him until the end. What was it and why couldn't he tell Milo?
Milo's journey was totally impossible. He couldn't tell Milo because he would give up before he tried.
Name the 4 categories that you are graded on in the TN ELA 6th grade writing rubric.
Focus and Organization, development, language, and conventions.
Exposition, Rising Action, Climax, Falling Action, and Resolution.
What is Allusion?
When an author alludes to a real event that most of the audience would already know.
Name 5 Countries that Mr. Jenkins has travelled to.
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