Narrative Writing
Short Stories
Grammar
NSHS
Halloween
100

What are the events in a story called?

Plot

100

Who are the main characters in "The Most Dangerous Game?"

Rainsford

General Zaroff

100
Fix capitalization in this sentence, if needed:


I am going to to the book cliffs to hunt for Fall Break. 

I am going to the Book Cliffs to hunt for fall break.

100

Who is the principal?

Mrs. Christy Straatman

100

What is Halloween also known as?

All Hallow's Eve

200

What is it called when characters talk to each other?

Dialogue

200

Why can the princess and the lover not be in love?

Social status--The lover is a commoner.
200

Is this a sentence fragment?


After putting on my costume, I headed out the door to meet up with my friends.

No
200

What are the official school colors?

Red, black, white


200

What is the most popular candy?

Reese's Cups

300

What is the exposition in a narrative?

The beginning events; background info that provides information about setting, characters, etc.

300

Provide one example of foreshadowing from "The Most Dangerous Game."

Answers will vary.

300

What does a complete sentence have to have?

Subject

Predicate

Complete thought (makes sense)

300

Which current staff member has been at NS the longest?

Cheryl Hadley

300

What are the names of the three witches in Hocus Pocus?

Winifred

Mary

Sarah

400

What punctuation is needed for this piece of dialogue:


He said I am so excited for Halloween!

He said, "I am so excited for Halloween!"

400

What is a valid theme for "The Lady, or the Tiger?"

Answers will vary. 

400

What is the complete subject of this sentence?


My black and tan hound dog, Zeke, ran off after a racoon.

My black and tan hound dog, Zeke

400
Fill in the blank:


So give a shout, let's sing it out,

It _______ __________ ___ _____.

We've met the test, our school is best,

North Sanpete _______ ___ ____!

echoes through the blue

we're for you!

400

What movie involves waiting for a creature to rise out of a pumpkin patch?

It's the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown

500

What point of view is this writing in:


Harry moved in front of the tank and looked intently at the snake. He wouldn’t have been surprised if it had died of boredom itself — no company except stupid people drumming their fingers on the glass trying to disturb it all day long. It was worse than having a cupboard as a bedroom, where the only visitor was Aunt Petunia hammering on the door to wake you up; at least he got to visit the rest of the house.

3rd person close/limited

500

The ending of "The Lady, or the Tiger?" is an example of what literary device?

Situational irony

Suspense

500

What kind of run-on sentence is this and where does it occur at?


Mark searched the nearly empty refrigerator for a midnight snack his only choices were curdled milk, stale pizza, and grape jelly, any combination of which he could not stomach.

Fused

Between snack and his

500

Before the Hawks, the high schools in the North Sanpete area had different mascots. Name one of them. 

Rams

Pirates

500

Which of the following is NOT a term for a scarecrow? Hodmedod, Murmet, Doodle sack, Hay-man, Gallybagger, Tattie Bogal, Mommet, Mawkin, Bwbach.

Doodle sack