Catching Fire
GRAMMAR
GRAMMAR SENTENCES I
GRAMMAR SENTENCES II
LITERARY TERMS
FOX
100
What figure of speech is being used in this sentence?:
"She lies on the sand, gasping like a fish out of water."
simile
100
Who or what a sentence is about.
simple subject
100
Well, it was an interesting day!
interjection
100
What's the simple subject? "Millie, my sweet, big brown dog loves to take walks."
Millie
100
Hints at what will happen next.
foreshadowing
100
The professional sports team Ms. Fox likes the most.
The Philadelphia Eagles
200
What does the mockingjay symbolize besides rebellion?
hope
200
A clause needs these two pieces.
subject and a verb
200
What type of clause is this? "When we were walking to the park."
dependent
200
What is the underlined portion in DGP Tues. terms? Prim, Katniss’s younger sister, helps her mother.
appositive phrase
200
Where the story takes place.
setting
200
How tall is Ms. Fox's husband?
300
What character is being described? “I look up into those blue eyes that no amount of dramatic makeup can make truly deadly and remember how just a year ago, I was prepared to kill him.”
Peeta
300
Can begin a dependent clause.
subordinating/subordinate conjunction
300
Why do so many short stories end with a death?
preposition
300
John Steinbeck has written many novels.
helping verb (hv)
300
any object, person, place, or action that has a meaning in itself that stands for something large than itself; such as quality, an attitude, belief, or value
symbol/symbolism
300
Ms. Fox is having a baby ________. Bonus points if you remember the name she is going to name the baby!
Boy
Grant
400
What does it mean that Katniss is "Finally clean"?
Cleansed of alcohol, feeling free to be herself, destined to help Peeta
400
A verb acting like an adjective.
participle
400
What is the underlined portion in DGP Tues. terms? Robert, please sit down.
Noun of direct address (NDA)
400
What's the underlined portion in DGP Mon. terms? "After I ran three miles; my sister picked me up in her car.
subordinate/subordinating conjunction
400
A character who sets off another character by contrast.
foil character
400
The number of dogs Mrs. Fox has. Double points if you also get their names!
Three
Charlotte, Cooper, and Millie
500
Incapable of producing any useful result; pointless
futile
500
Follows a linking verb and renames
predicate nominative
500
How many verbs are in this sentence? Although grammar isn't always fun, it can be very useful!
three: isn't (lv & adv), can (hv), be (lv)
500
What is the underlined word in DGP Tues. terms? Awful President Snow is excited for the Quarter Quell.
complement - predicate adjective
500
Reference to something else, usually in the past (possibly from mythology, history, literature, etc.)
allusion
500
The school district Ms. Fox taught in before Southern Lehigh.
Pennridge