Dystopian Fiction
The name of the TV show created by Rod Serling
What is The Twilight Zone?
The name of the ship Josef's family took?
What is the MS St. Louis?
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.
The definition of a simile.
What is a comparison between two things using 'like' or 'as?'
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
The four characteristics of dystopian fiction.
What are: Surveillance, Health & Genetics, Isolation/ Misinformation, Lack of Individuality
Name the instrument Isabel played.
What is the trumpet?
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
Two examples of transitional words or phrases.
What are: additionally, furthermore, on the other hand, to begin with, in conclusion...?
The names of 3 Signposts.
What are: Words of the Wiser, Again & Again, AHA, Memory moments, Tough Questions, Contrasts & Contradictions?
Dickie's last name
What is Jordan?
Mahmoud's father was known for this.
What is making jokes during stressful times?
The author of the poem, "Still I Rise"
Who is Maya Angelou?
The definition of a metaphor.
What is a figure of speech that makes a non-literal comparison between two unlike things?
Name 4 Elements of Suspense
Darkness/ Isolation, Dramatic Irony, Cliffhangers, Characters in Jeopardy, Foreshadowing, Lack of Trust, Onomatopoeia, Limited Point of View
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
Mahmoud's brother's name
What is Waleed?
The name of the last story we read this year.
What is "They're Made out of Meat"
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
Name 2 genres that we have read this year.
What are: suspense, dystopian fiction, historical fiction, short story, informational text, and poetry.
Dystopian fiction serves as a warning if society takes their quest for perfection to the extreme.
The type and name of Josef's sister's stuffed animal.
What is a stuffed bunny named Bitsy?
The title of the story we read by Edgar Allan Poe.
What is "The Tell-Tale Heart?
Give an example of or explain hyperbole.
What is a purposeful exaggeration not meant to be taken literally?
Examples:
Name two of Mrs. McGovern's favorite things
Cheese, San Diego Wave FC, sports, writing, poetry