Fiction
Nonfiction
Poetry
Writing
Teacher Trivia
100

What is another word for fiction?

Provide an example of a fiction text.

Fiction = not real.

Example: Fever 1793

100

What is another word for nonfiction?

Provide an example of a nonfiction text.

Nonfiction = real

Example: An American Plague

100

What is a line in a poem called?

Verse (stanza = group of lines)

100

What three things must a (good) introduction include?

Hook

Context/background

Assertion (with a preview of body paragraphs)

100

Which teacher is obviously the best?

Mr. Sauder

200

What is an inference?

Making an educated guess or noting an implicit (implied) detail

200

What are the three different types of author's purpose, and what acronym do we use to remember them?

PIE

P = To persuade
I = To inform
E = To entertain

200

What's another word for figurative language?

What are two examples?

Literary devices.

Simile, imagery, foreshadowing, alliteration, etc.

200

What three things must a (good) conclusions include?

Transition

Restate assertion

Summarize key points (body paragraphs)

200

Which adult(s) went here as a student?

Dean Carter

Ms. Trina

300

When you're writing fiction, what type of essay (argumentative, informative, narrative) is that usually considered?

A narrative!

300

What three things make up the central idea of a text, and what was the central idea of the start of An American Plague?

Who, what, why

The beginning of Plague's central idea = people were unaware (intentionally or otherwise) that yellow fever was starting

300

What's the word for a poem without any specific structure?

Free verse

300

What is an example of a decent sentence starter for a zoom in?

Usage of the word/phrase ".." reveals...

300

What teacher has been here at Prep the longest?

Ms. Hampton

(although she wasn't always a teacher)

400

What is the climax of a story, and what was the climax of Fever 1793?

Climax = most exciting part, "biggest" event

Climax of Fever 1793 = Burglars and grandpa dying

400

Identify three+ different forms of structure.

If you can identify all 6, double the points.

Chronological, cause and effect, problem and solution, compare and contrast, process, description.

400

When analyzing poetry, what are three things you should always annotate and pay attention to?

Central Idea/Meaning

Structure

Figurative Language

400

What purpose does a hook serve, and what is an example of a hook for an informative essay about this school?

Hooks are to engage a reader

"Did you know Gratz Prep has the best 7th grade ELA teacher ever?"

400

Mr. Smith (the assistant principal) started as a teacher. What subject did he teach?

History

500

What is a genre?

What are two+ examples of different genres in fiction?

Bonus 100: What genre was Fever 1793?

Genre = category

Genres in fiction = romance, historical, horror, scifi, etc

Fever genre = Historical

500

Why read multiple texts on the same subject? Give two+ reasons.

Different points of view/perspective

More detail

Different focus points

Additional facts

Extra evidence

500

What makes a poem a poem, and not simply a paragraph?

Rhythm and/or the writer deciding

(Poetry does not have to rhyme!)

500

What would be your sentence starter for an assertion to the following:

Why was Norma more susceptible to the temptation of the button than Arthur?

Norma was more susceptible to the temptation of the button than Arthur because...

500

Which 7th grade teacher has been teaching for the longest?

Mr. Talbot and Ms. Ragona are tied!

(Coach Brown, if you think he counts)