Any words ending in the suffix -ful, as in beautiful, mouthful, or wonderful are most likely this part of speech?
What are adjectives?
100
A verb meaning to damage, ruin, or deface.
What is "mar?"
100
An adjective describing something fantastically ugly or absurd; bizarre.
What is grotesque?
100
An adjective referring to something that show a fancy variation in color. Think about those old court jesters.
What is "harlequin?"
100
Challenge: Draw the cycle of logical progression diagram and explain its function to the class in less than 60 seconds.
What is (must diagram and explain)?
200
Suffixes such as -ous, eous, ose, or ious literally mean "having the quality of or relating to." Any words ending with these suffixes, such as adventurous, courageous, verbose, and fractious are most likely this part of speech?
What are adjectives?
200
An adjective meaning full of wishful yearning or longing, often with sadness.
What is wistful? Must be in the form of an adjective. If they say wistfully they are using an adverb and it is therefore incorrect.
200
A noun that refers to something lively, energetic and full of spirit and vigor. Myrtle Wilson is described this way.
What is "vitality?"
200
A verb meaning to fill up, seep into; to saturate. As in, the odor of Mr. O'Connell's 34-year-old Chuck Taylor shoes ______ the living room, forcing Mrs. O'Connell to flee the home.
What is permeated?
200
A verb meaning to beg urgently.
What is implore?
300
Most suffixes ending in -ly such as badly, truthfully, poorly, and sadly are this part of speech.
What are adverbs?
300
An adjective that describes someone who shows or demonstrates an arrogant superiority to and disdain of those one views as unworthy.
What is "supercilious?"
300
An adjective that means marked by caution, prudence, or modest self-restraint.
What is discreet?
300
wrong; incorrect
What is "erroneous"?
300
Challenge: Draw a diagram that includes the three settings of The Great Gatsby on Long Island and labels each setting according to its social class designation. You have 60 seconds.
What is (must diagram and label social class correctly)
400
The prefix "mal-" used in words like malicious, malnourished, malady, and maladjusted generally means this.
What is bad?
400
CHALLENGE CARD: You have 60 seconds to draw the keyhole essay and label all the parts of the Introduction, Body, and Conclusion within that time frame. If you don't, the player must spend one round in Jeopardy Prison and lose the point value of the question. If you complete the challenge in time, you gain the points.
What is "must fill in seven steps of card in 60 seconds?"
400
An adjective meaning something that is ceaseless or never-ending.
What is "incessant?"
400
An adjective meaning a full spectrum of color and light.
What is "spectroscopic?"
400
An adjective meaning painstaking; meticulous; strict attention to minute details.
What is punctilious?
500
The prefix "man-" as in manual, manuscript, manage, manufacture, and manacle, generally stands for this.
What is "hand," "make," or "do?"
500
An adverb that shows a feeling of disapproval or disdain towards something a person considers mean, vile, or worthless.
What is contemptuously?
500
Challenge Card: You have 60 seconds to draft an effective thesis sentence on one of the short stories we have read this year.
What is (must show effective thesis traits)?
500
A noun meaning revenge or correcting a wrong.
What is retribution?
500
A noun meaning to place two or more things side by side to emphasize the link or contrast between them. For example, East and West Egg are used this way in the novel.