What are the four types of conflict we have discussed this year?
What is
Character vs. Character
Character vs. Self
Character vs. Society
Character vs. Nature
100
What is the hook strategy we used this year where you write a short, mini-story, related to the topic, that the reader can connect to?
What is anecdote.
100
From vocabulary second quarter, what word means 'unharmed or uninjured'?
What is unscathed.
100
From what text that we read this year, was this a significant line...."Stay gold, Ponyboy, stay gold,"?
What is The Outsiders
100
What type of figurative language involves giving a non-human thing human characteristics?
What is personification.
200
What was the name of the short story we read this year, where Roger tried to steal the purse of Mrs. Luella Baits Washington Jones, but instead, she taught him a lesson he would never forget?
What is "Thank You, M'am"
200
In essay writing, what is the last sentence of the Introduction Paragraph, that is a 'roadmap' for what the essay will be about?
What is the thesis statement
200
What vocab. word from second quarter means to fall, dive, or propel downward?
What is plummet.
200
What is the title of the short historical fiction picture book that we read recently that includes this line:
"'Sometimes what you get turns out to be better than what you wanted in the first place,' Mrs. Books says," (30).
What is "Train to Somewhere"
200
In what poetic devices does the word sound like the action?
What is onomatopoeia
300
What are the 6 story elements that we worked on all year...I think we might have listened to a rap about them once...you must state the one NOT mentioned in the rap to earn the points.
What is Plot, Character, Conflict, Theme, Setting, Point of View
300
What are the three parts that make up a Conclusion Paragraph (can be in any order)?
What is Rephrase Thesis, Signal Words, Memorable Closing
300
What vocab. word from second quarter means: deviating from regular, normal; something that is unusual, peculiar, odd, unique
What is eccentric.
300
In this Perspective Poem, climbing a rough staircase with tacks and splinters is used as a metaphor for life. What is the name of this poem by Langston Hughes?
What is "Mother to Son"
300
Which poetic device involves neighboring words that begin with the same consonant letter?
What is alliteration
400
Who is the author of the two pieces we read for On-Demand writing - "Oranges" and "Seventh Grade"?
What is Gary Soto
400
What are the three parts of an Introduction Paragraph, in the correct order?
What is Hook, Background Information, Thesis Statement
400
What vocab. word from second quarter means rude or bad-tempered?
What is surly.
400
What is the name of the poet who was famous for writing simple, direct Imagery Poems, such as "The Red Wheelbarrow"?
The Red Wheelbarrow
so much depends
upon
the red wheel
barrow
glazed with rain
water
beside the white chickens
What is William Carlos Williams
400
What type of figurative language is shown in the following example:
This school year has been a roller coaster - full of 'ups' and 'downs', but mostly 'ups'!
What is metaphor
500
From The Outsiders, what are the names of the 7 Greasers in the main gang? You must get all 7 to get the points.
What is Johnny, Dally, Steve, Two-Bit, Ponyboy, Darry, and Sodapop.
500
In narrative writing, we revised our memoirs and stories using the IADD strategies...what does each of the letters stand for? You must get all 4 to get the points...
What is
I- Inner thinking
A- (small-movement) Action
D- Detail
D- Dialogue
500
What vocab. word from second quarter means:
to examine in detail with careful or critical attention
What is scrutinize.
500
From which short story does the following quote come from:
“Margot stood alone. She was a frail girl who looked as if she had been lost in the rain for years and the rain had washed out the blue from her eyes and the red from her mouth and the yellow from her hair. She was an old photograph dusted from an album, whitened away, and if she spoke at all her voice would be a ghost. Now she stood, separate, staring at the rain and the loud wet world beyond the huge glass.”
What is "All Summer in a Day"
500
What type of figurative language involves exaggerating for effect?