Unit 1: Fiction
Unit 2: Novel Studies
Unit 3: Nonfiction
Unit 4: Poetry
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100
It is the sequence of events in a story.
What is a plot?
100
He is the author of “The Cay”
Who is Theodore Taylor?
100
He is the first black president of South Africa.
Who is Nelson Mandela?
100
It is a humorous poem consisting of five lines.
What is limerick?
100
It is the practice of intentionally ending a life in order to relieve pain and suffering.
What is euthanasia?
200
She is Victor’s crush.
Who is Teresa?
200
He is the four-year old boy drowned in the river.
Who is Caleb?
200
He is the first black athlete to play Major League Baseball in the 20th century
Who is Jackie Robinson?
200
It is a figurative language that implies a distance between what is said and what is meant.
What is irony?
200
It is the main thematic concept of “The Cay”
What is (racial) prejudice?
300
He is Zebra’s summer art class teacher.
What is Who is Mr. (John) Wilson?
300
It is where the story of The Cay initially takes place.
What is Curacao?
300
It is a text feature that explains what is shown in a picture.
What is a caption?
300
He wrote “The Highwayman”
Who is Alfred Noyes?
300
It is a struggle within a character’s mind.
What is INTERNAL conflict?
400
It is the “turning point” of a story.
What is a climax?
400
It is the system that Jonas’s community follows
What is Sameness?
400
It was a system of racial segregation in South Africa.
What is apartheid?
400
It is a figurative language that mimics the sound of the thing described.
What is onomatopoeia?
400
It is a special kind of autobiography that involves a public portion of the author’s life.
What is a memoir?
500
It contains between 1000-20000 words and typically run no more than 20 pages.
What is a short story?
500
This chapter is where Timothy dies.
What is Chapter 15?
500
These are laws that enforced racial segregation in the United States.
What is Jim Crow laws?
500
It is a metrical foot that consists of two unstressed syllables followed by a stressed syllable.
What is anapest (anapestic)?
500
It is a metrical foot that consists of an unstressed syllable followed by a stressed syllable.
What's an iamb?
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