Dystopian Fiction
Refugee
Stories We've Read
Literary Terms
Grab Bag
100

The name of the TV show created by Rod Serling

What is The Twilight Zone?

100

The name of the ship Josef's family took?

What is the MS St. Louis?

100

The name of one of our suspense stories from Unit 1.

Button, Button, Ruthless, Lather and Nothing Else, Lamb to the Slaughter, The Tell-Tale Heart.

100

The definition of a simile.

What is a comparison between two things using 'like' or 'as?'

100

Explain the RACE strategy.

What is  Restate the question

             Answer the question

             Cite evidence to support your answer

             Explain how your evidence supports your                     answer

200

The four characteristics of dystopian fiction.

What are: Surveillance, Health & Genetics, Isolation/ Misinformation, Lack of Individuality

200

Name the instrument Isabel played.

What is the trumpet?

200

The name of one of the poems we read in Unit 2, "Conveying Courage"

Invictus, Sonnet, A Litany for Survival, Still I Rise, The Miracle of Morning, and The Danger of Silence 

200

Two examples of transitional words or phrases.

What are: additionally, furthermore, on the other hand, to begin with, in conclusion...?

200

The names of 3 Signposts.

What are: Words of the Wiser, Again & Again, AHA, Memory moments, Tough Questions, Contrasts & Contradictions?

300

Dickie's last name

What is Jordan?

300

Mahmoud's father was known for this.

What is making jokes during stressful times?

300

The author of the poem, "Still I Rise"

Who is Maya Angelou?

300

The definition of a metaphor.

What is a figure of speech that makes a non-literal comparison between two unlike things?

300

Name 4 Elements of Suspense

Darkness/ Isolation, Dramatic Irony, Cliffhangers, Characters in Jeopardy, Foreshadowing, Lack of Trust, Onomatopoeia, Limited Point of View

400

Name 2 differences between the text and the TV version of "All Summer in a Day"

What are: one hour of sun instead of two, flashback scenes, a colorful world versus a gray jungle

400

Mahmoud's brother's name

What is Waleed?

400

The name of the last story we read this year.

What is "They're Made out of Meat"

400

Give an example of or explain what an idiom is.

What is a type of phrase or expression that has a meaning that can't be deciphered by defining the individual words?

Examples: break a leg, under the weather, costs an arm and a leg

400

Name 2 genres that we have read this year.

What are: suspense, dystopian fiction, historical fiction, short story, informational text, and poetry.

500
Explain why authors write dystopian fiction.

Dystopian fiction serves as a warning if society takes their quest for perfection to the extreme.

500

The type and name of Josef's sister's stuffed animal.

What is a stuffed bunny named Bitsy?

500

The title of the story we read by Edgar Allan Poe.

What is "The Tell-Tale Heart?

500

Give an example of or explain hyperbole.

What is a purposeful exaggeration not meant to be taken literally?

Examples: 

  • My feet are killing me. 
  • I've told you this 20,000 times.
  • This bag weighs a ton.
500

Name two of Mrs. McGovern's favorite things

Cheese, San Diego Wave FC, sports, writing, poetry