Using this helps you link historical causes with their effects as you read a play.
What is background information?
100
Conversation between two or more characters in a script.
What is dialogue?
100
The meaning of the suffix -ist in the word journalist.
What is one who specializes in (one who does)?
100
The sentence that contains a dangling modifier?
Counting quickly, several items were missing.
Counting quickly, I noticed that several items were missing.
Counting quickly, I missed several items.
Quick counting led to a mistake in our totals.
What is "Counting quickly, several items were missing."?
100
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This goes up when the rain comes down.
200
The most useful question to ask when analyzing cause and effect in a literary work.
What is are the events really related to each other?
200
This best defines character motivation in a literary work.
(the way a character relates to others, the way a writer develops a character, the personality of a character, the reason a character takes an action)
What is the reason a character takes an action?
200
The meaning of the prefix in- in the word ineffective.
What is not?
200
The definition of a subordinate clause.
What is a clause that has a subject but not a verb?
200
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Mary's father has five daughters; Nana, Nene, Nini, Nono. What is the fifth daughter's name?
300
True or False: One cause can have multiple effects.
What is true?
300
The best definition of dramatization.
What is a play adapted from another work?
300
This word has the same suffix as the word futurist.
(colonist, checklist, sincerest, insist)
What is colonist?
300
A good reason to use a subordinate clause to join two short sentences.
What is to express a complete thought?
300
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Poor people have this. Rich people need this. If you eat this you will die.
400
OH MY GOSH....................IT'S EMPTY!!!!!
I guess you all get 400 points.
400
When you are comparing a journal/diary and a play based on the journal you are comparing these two things.
What is a primary source and a dramatization?
400
The meaning of the word inherent in the following sentence.
Great responsibility is inherent when having a child.
(a reason not to become something, an extra benefit that comes with something, the hardest part of doing something, part of the central character of something)
What is part of the central character of something?
400
The sentence that contains both an independent clause and a subordinate clause.
The children scrambled up the ladder and slid down the chute.
In less than an hour, Manny had cleaned his bedroom.
Coiled under a rock was a large rattlesnake.
Lijia kept yelling until someone finally rescued her.
What is "In less than an hour, Manny had cleaned his bedroom."?
400
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In a one story pink house there was a pink person, a pink cat, a pink fish, a pink computer, a pink chair, a pink table, a pink telephone, a pink shower. What color were the stairs?
500
OH MY GOSH................. IT'S EMPTY AGAIN!!!!
Bet you thought you were going to get points for this one too. Sorry! To quote the famous Forrest Gump, "Life is like a box of chocolates. You never know what you're gonna get."
500
If a playwright wanted to write a play about a famous person they would get the best information about that person from this.
What is the famous person's journal/diary?
500
AHAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA
Another blank!!!!!!
500
The sentence that contains a subordinate clause.
Sal pitched the ball and Mel hit a home run.
After Mike struck out, Ed came up to bat.
Lou was the best catcher in the league for two years in a row.
Our team made it to the state championships; we could hardly believe it!
What is "After Mike struck out, Ed came up to bat."?
A dad and his son were in a car accident. Two ambulances came and took them to different hospitals. The man's son was in the operating room and the doctor said, "I can't operate on you, you're my son." How is this possible?