Cherry Coke & Mint Pulao
Death by Scrabble
A Sound of Thunder
Ms. Parker
Random
100
The Point of View present in this story. 

What is 2nd person?

100

1st line of the story

What is It's a hot day and I hate my wife?

100

Explain the butterfly effect.

What is a tiny change can lead to big unchangeable consequences in the future?

100

Ms. Parker's fav superhero

What is Spider-Man?

100

Years Ms. Parker has been a teacher.

What is 2?

200
The author chose to write in 2nd person POV because ___________

What is (something like you can imagine yourself in the story)?

200

Death by Scrabble is a form of direct foreshadowing because _______

What is he literally dies by scrabble?
200

Pick 2 words that describe Eckles personality

Harsh 

Arrogant (overconfident)

The voice of reason  

Nervous

What is arrogant and nervous?

200

Ms. Parker's fav rapper

What is Drake?

200

2 classes Ms. Parker teaches

What is Eng. 10, and Eng. 11?

300

This is something that can be inferred about the dad.

What is he a cheater, a player, unfaithful, etc.?

300

All themes in Death by Scrabble

1. Technology and human interference with nature must be approached with caution

2. Words and actions have power, and careless or spiteful behavior can have serious consequences.

3. Growing up between two cultures creates challenges and opportunities for self-discovery.

4. Revenge, even when playful, can have ironic and dangerous consequences.

5. Being careless with your desires or wishes can lead to unintended and sometimes dangerous consequences

What is 2, 4, and 5?

300

“The Tyrant Lizard raised itself. Its armored flesh glittered like a thousand green coins. The coins, crusted with slime, steamed. In the slime, tiny insects wriggled, so that the entire body seemed to twitch and undulate even while the monster itself did not move. It exhaled. The stink of raw flesh blew down the wilderness” (Bradbury 231).LITERARY DEVICE USED THE MOST.

What is imagery?
300

Ms. Parker is from here

What is North Carolina?

300

Name someone who is in a different class than this one that you know.

What is _____?

400

An example of juxtaposition (compare and contrast 2 different things)?

What is the title: Cherry Coke & Mint Pulao?

400

“I play an 8-letter word: CHEATING, using the A of READY. 64 points, including the 50-point bonus, which means I'm beating her now." (Fish 2). 

The Scrabble board in this excerpt primarily functions as a symbol for:

A. The couple’s shared love of games

B. The power of words and the potential consequences of desires

C. The unpredictability of life

D. The husband’s intelligence

What is B?

400

When Eckels panics and steps off the Path during the dinosaur hunt, killing a butterfly. Explain why this is the climax of the story.


What is because it is the highest point of the story and ends up changing everything?

400

Ms. Parker is turning this age this year.

What is 24?

400

Say something nice about someone in this class.

What is ______?

500

Find me a line from the text that proves what you thought about the dad from the story.

What is (Show me the line).

500

Tone of Death by Scrabble

What is Tense, Homicidal, Harsh, Dark?

500

Find details or warnings early in “A Sound of Thunder” foreshadow the changes that happen at the end of the story.

What is the president, the way Time Safari is spelled, the consequences, the butterfly effect, etc. 

500

Ms. Parker has this many roommates.

What is 4?

500

Name the club that I am now the advisor of.

What is BSU?