Fiction Signposts
RACE Response
Nouns and Pronouns
Adjectives
Greek Myth Trivia
100
Which fiction signpost is found when a character gets advice from an older or wiser character?
Words of the Wiser
100
What does the R in RACE response stand for?
Restate (part of the question)
100
What is a noun?
A person, place, thing, or idea
100
Which word in the following sentence is an adjective:
You're so tall, you're like a giraffe!
Tall
100
Who is the leader of the Greek Gods?
Zeus
200
When a character realizes something important about themselves or the conflict, this signpost is found
Ah-Ha Moment
200
How many sentences does a typical RACE response have?
(At least) 3
200
What is a pronoun
A word that replaces a noun (to be less specific)
200
What is an adjective?
Adjectives are words that describe or give details to a noun or pronoun.
200
Who is the son of Daedalus?
Icarus
300
How many fiction signposts are there?
6
300
Give an example of what phrase needs to go in front of your quoted evidence in a RACE response.
In the text it says,
According to the text,
Based on the text it states,
300
Which word in the following sentence is a pronoun?
Yesterday, Ms. Nunez forgot the book, but she picked it up this morning.
she
300
What are the 2 adjectives in the following sentence:
The green grapes were sour, but I still ate them happily.
Green and sour
300
What "gift" does Perseus have to retrieve for King Polydectes?
The head of Medusa
400
When a character acts differently than expected, this is called what kind of signpost?
Contrast and Contradictions
400
When do we use the RACE response format?
When we have a question that asks for evidence.
400
Which WORDS in the following sentence are nouns?
The teachers tried to fix the printer until it burst into flames!
Teachers, printer, flames
400
Where can I put the adjective "cold" in the following sentence?
The water tasted really good.
Between the and water
400
What monster lives in Daedalus' maze/labyrinth
The Minotaur
500
What is a memory moment also known as?
Flashback
500
What is missing from the following RACE response example:
The theme of the song is that teamwork makes things better. In the song it says Everything is awesome when you work as a team. This shows that work can be easier when you have others to help.
Quotation marks
500
What pronoun can replace the repeated nouns in the sentence?
The students took three tests, which made the students tired at the end of the day.
Replace the students with "Them"
500
Name 2 adjectives that can describe this image
Cute
Fluffy
Blue
*Teacher discretion*
500
How does Hippomenes beat Atalanta in a foot race to win her hand in marriage?
He distracts her by throwing golden apples in front of her