Vocabulary
Point of View
Topics v Themes
Transitions
Mixed Bag
100

Define 'vengeance'

Revenge

100

What point of view uses the pronoun "I" and "My"?


1st person

100

What is a topic?


A one-word subject of the story


100

What one word transition shows cause?


Because


100

This animal, known for its “quack,” is also the mascot of the Anaheim Ducks.

Duck

200

What does 'inhospitable' mean?


Harsh and difficult to live in

200

What point of view has a narrator?


3rd person


200

What is a theme?


A complete statement about life or human nature


200

What 3 word transition phrase shows effect?


As a result

200

This number comes right after 9 and right before 11.

10

300

Use 'Stifled' in a sentence.


Stifled is a verb that means to stop someone from breathing or hearing something

300

What point of view is the following sentence: "I woke up and grabbed my coffee, wondering what the day would hold." 

1st person

300

Convert the topic 'friendship' into a theme.


Real friends support each other during difficult times.


300

What does 'however' signal?


Contrast

300

What game requires players to find 4 sets of 4 categorically corresponding words, released daily from the New York Times?

Connections

400

Define 'verdict'


An opinion or a judgement

400

What point of view is the following example: "You walk into the room, and a sudden silence falls over the crowd."

2nd person

400

Why is 'The theme is friendship' incorrect?


Themes must be full statements, not single words.


400

Why do authors use transition words?


To show relationships between ideas


400

It is the title of Stephen King's novel about the creepy clown Pennywise

IT

500

What is primitive?


Natural

500

Explain how point of view helps a reader better understand a text.


It dictates how your reader interprets characters, events, and other important details.

500

Write your own theme about revenge.


****

500

Add a transition: '___, the results were surprising.'


****

500

Finish the lyric: Just a small town girl/ Livin' in a lonely world/ She took the midnight train going anywhere 

Just a city boy/ Born and raised in South Detroit

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