A Series of Unfortunate Events: Jeopardy 1

Chapter 1

100

Likely to Fall or Collapse

rickety

200

to swallow up in in or as in a gulf

engulf

300

law, a person named in a decedents will to carry out the provisions

executor

400

an official who inflicts capital punishment in pursuance of a legal warrant.

executioner

500

great mental or emotional distress; extreme unhappiness

misery

Chapter 2

100

something erected in memory of a person, event, etc., as a building, pillar, or statue.

monument

200

property or wealth

possession

300

absorbing or controlling possession of the mind by any interest or pursuit; lively interest.

enthusiasm

400

a surviving mark, sign, or evidence of the former existence, influence, or action of some agent or event

trace

500

to recover from sickness or exhaustion; regain health or strength; to recover from financial loss.

recuperate

Grammar Vocab

100

A person, place or thing

noun

200

A word that describes a noun or pronoun, adding detail about its qualities, quantity, or other characteristics. 

Adjective

300

a word used to describe an action, state, or occurrence, and forming the main part of the predicate of a sentence, such as hear, become, happen.

Verb

400

a word that modifies or describes a verb, adjective, or another adverb, providing details about how, when, where, or to what extent an action or quality is performed

Adverb

500

a word that can function by itself as a noun phrase and that refers either to the participants in the discourse (e.g., I, you ) or to someone or something mentioned elsewhere in the discourse (e.g., she, it, this ).

pronoun

Questions: The Bad Beginning

100

What dreadful news did Mr. Poe come to tell the children on the Beach?

Mr. Poe came to tell the children that their parents had died, and their home had been destroyed in a terrible fire. 

200

How does the setting of the story match the theme? Think of when Mr. Poe visited the children in chapter 1. 

In Chapter 1, the weather in Briny Beach is gray, cloudy and dreary. The mood is gloomy. This sets the stage for a very tragic, sad story (or matches the news the children are about to recieve from Mr. Poe). 

300

Based on what you have read so far, what is the theme of 'The Bad Beginning'?

Loss, Injustice, Family, Grief, Struggle, Resourcefulness, Resilience, things not being what they may seem. 

400

What kind of character is Count Olaf?

Untrustworthy, cruel, greedy, unpleasant.

Antagonist: The story's villain, driven by greed.

500

Why is Justice Strauss, and what does she do in Chapter 3?

Justice Strauss is Count Olaf's next-door neighbor, a judge or justice of the peace. She offers the children the use of her library and allows them to borrow a cookbook. 

Reading Comprehension

100

What is the main idea of a story?

What The Story is mainly about. 

200

What are the details of a story?

Small pieces of information that make the story more interesting. 

300

What does it mean to compare something?

To tell how they are alike.

400

What does it mean to contrast something in a reading?

To tell how things are different. 

500

What are Context Clues?

Hints to the meaning of a difficult word, often found in the same sentence or in the sentences before or after the word.