Fiction and Nonfiction
Author's Purpose/Setting/Historical Context
Social Consciousness
Poetry
Mythology
100

This is prose writing that tells about imaginary characters and events.

Fiction

100

What is the author's main reason for writing is called?

Author's Purpose

100
What city is Jo'burg a nickname for?

Johannesburg

100

What is true story of a person's life told by that person called?

autobiography

100

What are fictional tales that explain the actions of gods or heroes or the origins of elements of nature called.

Myths

200

This is prose writing that presents and explains ideas or tells about real people, places, objects, or events.

Nonfiction

200

What are the two parts of setting?

Time and Place

200

What was Naledi's brother's name?

Tiro

200

Who wrote Brown Girl Dreaming?

Jacqueline Woodson

200
According to the Greek Myth, who fell in love with Persephone and brought her to the underworld?

Hades or Pluto

300

Was the excerpt that we read from "An American Childhood" a work of fiction or nonfiction?

Non Fiction

300
Do we find Historical Context in works of Fiction or Nonfiction?

Nonfiction

300

In what U.S. city did the police turn dogs and fire hoses on the peaceful Civil Rights protesters? 

Birmingham, Alabama

300
Name two of Jacqueline Woodson's siblings.

Hope, Odella, Roman

300

What is Ulysses's Greek name?

Odysseus

400

Why did the boy from "A Day's Wait" think that he was going to die? (Be specific)

Because he was confused about Fahrenheit and Celsius. (He had a too high fever.)

400

What planet was "All Summer in a Day" set on?

Venus

400

Name all four of the ghosts in A Christmas Carol:Scrooge and Marley

Jacob Marley, The Ghost of Christmas Past, The Ghost of Christmas Present, and the Ghost of Christmas Future

400
In what U.S. state did Jacqueline Woodson's mother's parents live?

South Carolina

400

What is Ulysses' wife's name?

Penelope

500

Who wrote "Barrio Boy"?

Ernesto Galarza

500

What kind of animal is Rikki-Tikki-Tavi?

mongoose

500

Who wrote A Christmas Carol: Scrooge and Marley?

Israel Horovitz

500

Where does Jacqueline Woodson live now? (She zoomed from her home in the webinar that we watched.)

Brooklyn

500

Who is Argo?

Ulysses's old hunting dog

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