Vocabulary
DAILY DOUBLE
Some athletes have fought uphill battles, trying to get their athletic activities recognized as legitimate sports.
What is the meaning of the word legitimate as it is used in this sentence?
A. challenging
B. authentic
C. organized
D. profitable
What is B? Authentic...meaning it is a real thing.
From, "The Blind Man and the Hunter."
Which of these is the BEST theme for this folktale?
A. People's lives are enriched when they help others.
B. Greed can lead a person to make rash decisions.
C. Each person's unique strengths should be valued.
D. Foolish people often create their own problems.
What is "C" each person's unique strengths should be valued?
Which statement best presents the central idea of the passage and the way in which it is developed?
A. The place of BMX among other sport of developed by recounting the history of the sport.
B. The thrill of stunt riding on bicycles is developed though details about early riders and a contemporary BMX star.
C. The changes in bicycle features is developed through comparisons of early bicycles to the bicycles used for BMX.
D. The importance of BMX as a recognized sport is developed through details about its most famous rider.
D. The importance of BMX as a recognized sport is developed through details about its most famous rider.
What strategy works BEST to help make stories more digestible?
What is writing one sentence summaries or note-taking?
Which statement BEST explains the structure of each poem?
A. "Dream Horses" presents comparisons of three horses to three types of dreams in the second, third, and fourth stanzas, whereas, "Nightmares" presents a general comparison of one horse to a dream in the first stanza and then extends the comparison in the stanzas that follow.
B. "Dream Horses" uses the first and last stanzas to represent a wakeful state ans the middle threee stanzas to represent a sleeping state, whereas "Nightmares" represents a wakeful state throughout the poem.
C. "Dream Horses" alternates between comparisons of different horses to different types of dreams throughout, whereas "Nightmares" presents contrasting images of horses in the first and last stanzas.
D. "Dream Horses" uses horses to contrast pleasant dreams in the first two stanzas with unpleasant dreams in the last three stanzas, whereas "Nightmares" uses only negative comparison of horses to dreams throughout.
What is...
C. "Dream Horses" alternates between comparisons of different horses to different types of dreams throughout, whereas "Nightmares" presents contrasting images of horses in the first and last stanzas.
What is the meaning of the word enticing as it is used in this paragraph?
A. sensing
B. allowing
C. tempting
D. providing
For double points, provide the clues that helped you figure out the meaning.
Helpless little rider
Turned into a horse
Children usually like horses and would want to go and play with the animal.
DAILY DOUBLE
"And the blind man answered, "Because the world is full of so many people like you--who learn from their mistakes."What motive does the blind man's words reveal?
A. He wants to remind the hunter of his recent misbehavior.
B. He wants to thank the hunter for taking him hunting.
C. He wants to teach the hunter to recognize his own value.
D. He wants to forgive the hunter for his unkind behavior.
Why does the author include information about the Klunkers in the passage?
A. to illustrate the difficulty of BMX competition
B. to contrast early contests with modern BMX
C. to explain the origins of BMX competition
D. to describe the skills needed to for success at BMX
What is to explain the origins of BMX competition?
What is the BEST way to summarize a literary story?
What is Somebody Wanted But So Then?
What central ideas about nightmares is emphasized in the poem "Nightmares?"
A. Nightmares often bring to mind unsettling images from nature.
B. Nightmares occur less frequently than pleasant dreams.
C. Nightmares are uncommon for the speaker.
D. Nightmares are most frightening when they include animals.
What is...
A. Nightmares often bring to mind unsettling images from nature.
What does "down in the dumps" mean in this sentence?
A. left all alone
B. very unhappy
C. at the bottom of a hill
D. angry and spiteful
Double points for the clues.
Daily Double
"And from that day onward, if the hunter heard anyone ask, "Blind man, how it it that you are so wise?" he would put his arm around the blind man's shoulders and say, "Because he sees with his ears...and hears with his heart."
What relationship is signaled by the dialogue in the aforementioned paragraph from the folktale?
A. the hunter has begun to feel protective of the blind man.
B. the hunter has begun to envy the popularity of the blind man.
C. the hunter has come to appreciate the blind man's compassion.
D.the hunter has come to resent the blind man's indirect way of speaking.
What is C, the hunter has grown to appreciate the blind's man compassion?
DAILY DOUBLE
How does the passage make a connections between Dave Mirra's career as a rider and his personality?
A. by comparing the development of his career to the development of his personality.
B. by explaining how his career decisions have led to positive changes in his personality.
C. by describing aspects of this career and his personality that have led to his success
D. by analyzing parts of his personality that caused him to seek out a career as a rider.
What is C. by describing aspects of this career and his personality that have led to his success?
DAILY DOUBLE
What piece of advice did I give you for answering questions?
Answer the question BEFORE reading the answer choices and find the answer that BEST aligns with your answer.
Double Jeopardy
What text evidence from the poem BEST supports the central idea about the nightmares emphasized in the poem "Nightmares"?
A. Some say the nightmare is/a horse
B. as sea/ where storms have made the waves/so big
C. I do not know/ what nightmares are
D. they do not come as often as/the pretty horse
C.
What is..
B. as sea/ where storms have made the waves/so big
What is the meaning of coining as used in this passage?
A. speaking
B. claiming
C. inventing
D. imagining
DAILY DOUBLE
"If there were things they wanted to know, he would tell them, and his answers were always the right ones."What is the MOST LIKELY reason the folktale includes this information?
A. to suggest the blind man is talkative
B. to explain why the blind man is confident
C. to indicate that the blind man is intelligent
D. to establish why the blind man is content.
When asked, "why the author includes information," what type of question is this?
DAILY DOUBLE
What must you have BEFORE you can construct a well written essay?
A Thesis statement
Which statement BEST describes the change of tone in the final stanza of "Nightmares?"
A. It changes from reflective to reassured.
B. It changes from doubting to knowing.
C. It changes from frustrated to content
D. It changes from frightened to amused.
What is...
A. It changes from reflective to reassured.
Daily Double
"Magic" was a brilliant player, often doing the unexpected, to the chagrin of his opponents and the delight of the spectators.
What is the meaning of the word chagrin as it is used in the sentence?
A. embarrassment
B. amazement
C. impatience
D. enthusiasm
What is "A", embarrassment?
Daily Double
How does the point of view affect the reader's understanding of the folktale?
A. It creates humor because the reader is aware of jokes that the characters do not understand until the end of the story.
B. It creates suspense as the reader tries to determine why the characters behave the way they do.
C. It creates humor as the reader recognizes motives for the wife's actions that the blind man does not recognize.
D. It creates irony as the reader perceives characteristics of the blind man that the hunter does not perceive.
What is D, it creates irony?
Daily Double
"Most people rode their bikes on level surfaces and paved roads, but some bikers had the idea of playing around a little."
How does this sentence function in the passage?
A. It serves as a transition into paragraph 2.
B. It acts as a summary statement for paragraph 1.
C. It contrasts with the claim developed in paragraph 2.
D. It restates an important point from paragraph 1.
What is A. It serves as a transition into paragraph 2?
Daily Double
Name two things you MUST have in each essay.
What are:
Textual evidence
Introductory paragraph
Concluding paragraph
Body paragraphs
Thesis statement
Explanations
Double Jeopardy
Which aspect of nightmares is MOST emphasized by the repetition of the phrase, "Some say the nightmare is" in the first two stanzas of Nightmares?
A. the difficulty of explaining the experience of a nightmare.
B. the fact that having nightmares is a frequent occurrence.
C. the similarities in how people describe their nightmares.
D. the sudden wakefulness that comes when a nightmare ends.
What is...
A. the difficulty of explaining the experience of a nightmare.