Mrs. Lowe's Jeopardy

Literacy Genres and Structure

100

Literature in the form of prose that describes imaginary events and people.

Fiction

200

The way an author creates and organizes a chain of events in a narrative.

The Plot

300

Motivation for writing a text

Authors Purpose 

400

time, place, and environment in which narrative events unfold.

The Setting

500

What does PIE stand for in the authors purpose

Persuade Inform Entertain

Reading Strategies and Summary

100

What is the brief, overall summary of what the entire story is about.

Central Idea

200

Motivation for writing a text

Author's purpose

300

What reading strategy involves highlighting key details and writing notes in the margins while reading?

What is annotating 

400

 themes that are relatable to a wide audience, regardless of time period or background. Stories can have more than one universal theme. Some of the most common universal themes include love, power, justice, change, and coming-of-age.

Universal theme

500

refers to deriving a conclusion from facts or premises, or making an educated guess based on available information. Here are some examples of its usage: 

1. “We see smoke and infer fire.” (In this case, the presence of smoke leads us to conclude that there is a fire.)

Infer

Rhetorical Appeals and Devices

100

What is an appeal to the readers emotions?

Pathos

200

What is an appeal to logic, facts, or data?

Logos

300

What is an appeal to the author's credibility or character? 

Ethos

400

A question asked just for effect, not requiring an answer?

Rhetorical Question

500

The authors attitude toward the subject revealed through word choice?

Tone

Context and Connotation

100

Using nearby words to figure out a word's meaning?

Context clues

200

The literal, ditionary definition of a word

Denotation

300

The emotional feeling or vibe a word carries (positive or negative)

Connotation

400

Comparing two unlike things using like or as

Simile 

500

What is the difference between denotation and connotation?

Denotation is the literal meaning and connotation is the emotional meaning.

FAST Test Logistics

100

What Day is the FAST test

May 6

200

What are the Test strategies we have been using in Bootcamp?

Two column notes

Highlighting

Deconstruct the question

Process of elimination 

300

What score do you need to past the FAST test

247

400

What was the first book you read in Mrs. Lowe's class

The Lord Of The Flies

500

Before reading a long passage, you should always do this to the first question?

Preview or read them first.