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i shall always capitalize the...

Personal pronoun "I"

or "I"

100

This is Minnesota's unofficial state dish. Hint: A Very Specific Favorite Food

What is: Tater Tot Hotdish

100
What do we call the sequence of events in a story and identify all parts of it.
What is PLOT - EXPOSITION, INITIAL INCIDENT, RISING ACTION, CLIMAX, FALLING ACTION, RESOLUTION/DENOUEMENT
100

Stewart likes this activity which involves finding specially placed items. 

Geocaching

100
The words in capitals represent what part of speech: VERY fast car, TOO QUICKLY, GENEROUSLY gave
What are ADVERBS
200
The rocking chair creaked and squeaked, then groaned with agony like the old lady's artificial knee that sat in it. What three examples of figurative language (poetic devices) does this sentence have.
What is ONOMATOPOEIA - creaked and squeaked, PERSONIFICATION - groaned with agony, SIMILE - like the ...
200

Minnesota is the number 1 producer in the U.S. of this Thanksgiving product

What is turkey

200
Identify 5 types of conflict in a story
What are: person vs person, person vs environment, person vs self, person vs technology, person vs society
200
Ms. Stewart has how many siblings? 

Two. She has two brothers.

200
The following words are what part of speech: BUT, SO, YET, FOR, NOR, AND, OR
What are CONJUNCTIONS
300
Ouch! Hooray! Yahoo! are examples of what part of speech?
What are INTERJECTIONS
300

The definition of "Scuttlebutt."

What is "gossiping" (around a water source)

300
The four elements of a story are:
What is PLOT, SETTING, THEME, CHARACTER
300

What was Stewart's favorite trip ever?

Cairo, Egypt to see the Great Pyramids of Giza

300
This type of sentence consists of two or more independent clauses joined by conjunctions such as or, and, or but.
What is a COMPOUND SENTENCE
400
The definitions of these three words are: PROTAGONIST ANTAGONIST CONFLICT
What is PROTAGONIST - the main character whose struggles we are most interested in ANTAGONIST - a force against the protagonist CONFLICT - the struggle between two opposing forces, which provides the interest and suspense in stories
400

Minnesota, Maine, and Michigan claim this American folk hero as their own. It is claimed that as a baby, this character could "could hollar so loud he scared all the fish out of the rivers and streams."

Who is Paul Bunyan

400
What do we call the way the author lets us know about a character and how the character changes?
What is CHARACTERIZATION or CHARACTER DEVELOPMENT
400
What other country did Stewart live in?

Thailand

400
This type of sentence consists of one independent clause and one or more subordinate clause. Ex: When the announcement was made, he went to the office.
What is a COMPLEX SENTENCE
500

Identify and explain three POINTS OF VIEW

What is THIRD PERSON (OMNISCIENT, LIMITED OMNISCIENT), FIRST PERSON, SECOND PERSON, 

500

The number of times in the Peanuts comic strip that Lucy van Pelt pulls the football away from Charlie Brown

What is 47 times

500

Identify and describe 4 types of characters

What is DYNAMIC, STATIC, FLAT, ROUND 

500

Who is Ms. Stewart's favorite student?

You

500
This type of sentence has one indepenent clause expressing a complete thought using a ________ and _________. (there are three words to this answer)
What is a SIMPLE SENTENCE, SUBJECT, PREDICATE