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100

Jamaica Kincaid's home country

What is Antigua?

100

The event happening during the first chapter of The Mountains Sing.

What is a funeral?

100

The first country where The Alchemist takes place, which today we call by a different name.

What is Spain?

100

The facts that support an argument by explaining a claim.

What is evidence?

100

Her Renaissance Tour was turned into a movie.

Who is Beyonce?

200

In Travels with Charley, John Steinbeck isn't from this state, but he loves it.

What is Montana?

200

The country where both chapters of The Mountains Sing take place.

What is Vietnam?

200

Santiago's friends would follow him anywhere.

What are sheep?

200

Looking at more than one text at the same time, examining similarities and differences, as a way to learn about each more deeply than you could by studying them separately.

What is comparison?
200

Ferdinand Lewis Alcindor Jr. is the original name of this very tall basketball player.

Who is Kareem Abdul-Jabar?

300

Mr. Reiff couldn't do this here.

What is figure out a question?  Free points.

300

The genre of The Mountains Sing, differently from the other texts that we read.

What is historical fiction?

300

This phrase refers to a person's true purpose in life.

What is "Personal Legend"?

300

Offering an alternate perspective that goes against your claim.

What is counter-argument?

300

President Biden is known for really liking this dessert.

What is ice cream

400

The author of A Small, Place is from Antigua originally.  That fact is one aspect of this element in her writing.

What is perspective?

400

One of the baker's final gifts to Ann and Howard at the end of A Small, Good Thing.

What are bread and/or coffee?
400

The type of shop Santiago works in when he learns that he needs more money before going to Egypt.

What is a crystal shop?

400

This important element can be thought of as an answer to a complex question, or an interpretation of a text, justifiable by evidence.

What is a claim?

400

He starred in comedies including "Big Daddy," "The Waterboy," "Billy Madison," and most recently, "Hustle."

Who is Adam Sandler?

500

"In Travels with Charley, John Steinbeck doesn't know enough about this new place to understand its flaws, while Jamaica Kincaid's familiarity with her home country Antigua leads her to write a more well-rounded argument" might be this part of an essay.

What is a claim?

500

The word "chaotic" might describe this aspect of The Mountains Sing.

What is tone?

500
The genre of The Alchemist.

What is fiction?  (Also acceptable: journey story, fantasy, fable, myth.)

500

This final part of an argument connects evidence to a claim.

What is reasoning? (Also acceptable: conclusion)

500

The date of Veterans Day.

What is November 11th?

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