PLTs
What persuasive technique is this:
"They will make this mistake again and again and again."
Repetition
Affirmative team and negative team
What type of tree is The Monster?
A yew tree
A cowboy rides into town on Friday. He stays three days, then rides out of town on Friday. How?
The horse's name is Friday.
What is the meme students cannot stop referencing this year?
6-7
What language device is this?
"He swam like a fish."
Simile
What is a rebuttal?
An explanation of why the opposing team's arguments are incorrect.
How many stories were told by The Monster?
3
What do you lose the moment you share it?
A secret.
What is the game called where there are categories on the screen and you write a unique answer using the same letter?
Scattergories.
What persuasive technique is this:
"Easy and efficient exercises."
Alliteration
What are the 3 M's of debating?
Manner, matter, and method.
What truth does Conor not want to confess?
He wants the pain to be over, even if that means losing his mum.
You see a boat filled with people. It has not sunk, but when you look again you don’t see a single person on the boat. Why?
They are all married.
Which one of the following uses punctuation correctly?
1. Miss Psev said, "Great work today, 7H!"
2. Miss Psev said "Great work today, 7H"!
1. Miss Psev said, "Great work today, 7H!"
What persuasive technique is this:
"There are millions of us in this school that think homework is the biggest waste of time in the world!"
Hyperbole
What word describes the various groups of people who are affected by/interested in an issue?
Stakeholders
What are 3 themes from the novel?
1. Grief and loss
2. healing and acceptance
3. isolation
4. denial
5. truth
6. the power of storytelling
What's lighter than a feather but impossible to hold for much more than a minute?
Your breath.
What was the first game Miss Psev got you to play involving sitting/standing up called?
Pop!
What persuasive technique is this?
"I will always remember finding a hair in a pizza that I once bought from a supermarket and thinking that it was impossible that it could have happened… but it did!"
Anecdote
What are the steps to unpack a debate prompt?
1. define key words
2. literal or figurative
3. explain the meaning
Why did The Monster tell Conor the three stories?
You measure my life in hours and I serve you by expiring. I’m quick when I’m thin and slow when I’m large. The wind is my enemy.
A candle.
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