The first genre we explored this school year, this type of literature may involve advanced technologies, alien life forms, and travel through time and space. The genre includes stories like "Rain, Rain, Go Away" and "Future Tense."
What is science fiction?
100
"Baby, you a song, you make me wanna roll my windows down, and cruise."
What is a metaphor?
100
"MR. YOWELL is the teacher of Language Arts Connections 8."
What is noun?
100
He is the protagonist of "The Outsiders."
Who is Ponyboy?
100
This is the name of Mr. Yowell's son.
What is Alexander?
200
This genre real life stories about people and what kinds of things they accomplished during their lives. We read brief examples of these about authors like Edgar Allen Poe, S.E. Hinton, and Robert Frost.
What is biography?
200
"I can feel your energy from two planets away."
What is hyperbole?
200
"They WENT to a movie."
What is verb?
200
This is the type of conflict between Darry and Pony in "The Outsiders."
What is person vs. person?
200
The title of one of S.E. Hinton's other books.
What are "Rumble Fish," "That Was Then, This is Now," or "Tex."
300
This genre includes literature that emphasizes style, flow, and rhythm. It often features literary devices and rhyme. Authors like Robert Frost and Edgar Allan Poe are known for writing in this genre.
What is poetry?
300
"That summer sun fell to its knees."
What is personification?
300
"The students hoped that Mr. Yowell's class would not be BORING today."
What is adjective?
300
This is the climax of "The Outsiders."
What are the deaths of Johnny and Dally?
300
This is what the acronym SHAMPOO stands for.
What are simile, hyperbole, alliteration, metaphor, personification, oxymoron, onomatopoeia.
400
This genre includes stories that are scary and suspenseful, such as "The Tell-Tale Heart" by Edgar Allan Poe and "The Monkey's Paw" by W.W. Jacobs.
What is horror?
400
"If our love is insanity, why are you my remedy? If our love is tragedy, why are you my clarity?"
What is metaphor?
400
"Some of Mr. Yowell's students think that they are VERY funny."
What is adverb?
400
This is the setting of "The Outsiders."
What is Tulsa, Oklahoma?
400
The reason why Edgar Allan Poe, if he were still alive, might have been happy about the results of this year's Super Bowl.
What is the fact that he lived in Baltimore and wrote a poem called "The Raven" and the Baltimore Ravens won.
500
This genre consists of stories that could actually happen in real life, but involve made-up characters, events, and/or places. "The Outsiders" and "Red Kayak" are examples of this genre.
What is realistic fiction?
500
"So we put our hands up like the ceiling can't hold us."
What is simile?
500
"Mr. Yowell is going to be very sad when he doesn't get to hang out WITH his Language Arts Connections students anymore."
What is preposition?
500
This is the resolution of "The Outsiders."
What is Ponyboy writing the whole book as his English assignment.
500
If The Outsiders took place today, this would probably be Ponyboy's favorite NBA team.