High School Jeopardy

Context Clues

100

The poor farmer labors sixteen hours a day, and never has time for relaxation. He deserves better. 

works

200

There’s no shooting, knifing, throttling, axing or poisoning here.”

strangle, choke, suffocate 

300

.....there was nothing sinister about him. He was as drab as a mud fence, nor was his attitude menacing. He merely stood there -.....

threatening, bad, evil

400

Only an occasional log cabin, seemingly deserted. That's all that broke the monotony of the wild, wooded landscape.

uniformity or lack of variety, sameness 

500

Those scientists want to hear what the professor thinks about their theory because he is the foremost expert in their field. 

first or main 

Inference Riddles

100

I can be dangerous, hot and I might blow my top

Volcano

200

humans and animals both have me, and you get two sets of me

Teeth

300

I am flexible, come in many colors and I like to go to parties

Balloon/streamers

400

I have lots of animals and three rings

Circus

500

I am round and people use me to make wishes

Penny/coin

Antonyms/Synonyms

100

Temporary

Permanent

200

Horizontal

Vertical

300

Accomplishment

Failure

400

Interior

Exterior

500

Capture

Release

Random

100

In the story we watched about the 2 high school friends with cancer, what did the coach have the team do BEFORE the game?

Write the name of someone on the basketball to dedicate the game to

200

In the commercial we watched about the graduate getting a new car, what was the car company?

Chevy

300

In the college commencement speech, what was Conan O'Brien's advice to "life's not fair"?

Deal with it

400

Using inferencing skills, approximately what decade does The Hitchhiker take place in?

~1930-1940

500

Name 4 out of the 6 stages of plot

exposition

conflict

rising action

climax

falling action

resolution

Literary Terminology

100

Giving a hint of what is to come later in the story

Foreshadowing

200

The stage of plot where you find background information about characters and the setting. It sets the scene for the conflict.

Exposition

300

The highest interest of suspense in a narrative

climax/crisis

400

Explain how fire can serve as a positive and negative symbol in a story/movie.

positive = passion, warmth

negative = destruction

500

Explain how a rose can serve as a positive and negative symbol in a story/movie.

Positive = beauty, love

Negative = death