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Vocabulary
Myths
DI:A, Where is Here?, and TNJFoCC
The Persuasive Model
Surprise Me!
100
A term that correlates with the amount of points this question is worth, but is meant to refer to age.
What is a centenarian?
100
In "The Earth on Turtle's Back," ____ had not yet been created.
What is land?
100
A 1948 Chevy Truck
Who is Mr. Miserable?
100
The final paragraph of the 8-step persuasive essay.
What is the Peroratio?
100
Bonus! Free Points!
What is Lucky?
200
Monotonous
What is tiresome because it is unvarying?
200
A tiny animal that was influential in bringing land into existence.
What is a muskrat?
200
a confusing literary device used by Mark Twain in The Notorious Jumping Frog of Calaveras County.
What are double negatives?
200
This portion of the persuasive essay is for the OTHER argument.
What is the reprehensio?
200
A dog who fights other dogs for Jim Smiley.
Who is Andrew Jackson?
300
a word describing a person that talks too much.
What is garrulous?
300
Lessons that can be learned from listening to myths.
What are morals?
300
A rather talented frog.
Who is Dan'l Webster?
300
A story or narration near the end of the essay.
What is the Digressio?
300
4 things to look at before you begin to read a text.
What are looking at pictures, reading the title, reviewing vocabulary, and reading captions?
400
Washing or cleansing the body as part of a religious rite.
What are ablutions?
400
An element that gave humans life according to "The Navajo Origin Legend"
What is wind?
400
(Where is Here) Something the stranger was doing by touching things twice.
What is testing an item's materiality?
400
A synonym for the thesis statement.
What is the propositio?
400
Things that can be noted during "sassy reading." (List at least 3)
What are personal connections, questions, vocabulary, dates, thoughts, answers to previous questions or confusing points?
500
Autonomous.
What is another word for independent?
500
(When Grizzlies Walked Upright) an adjective that leads the daughter to a dangerous situation.
What is curiosity?
500
A possibly fictitious character who the author is asked to inquire about.
Who is Leonidas W. Smiley?
500
The fifth step of the persuasive model.
What is the Confirmatio?
500
Two names of the author of "The Notorious Jumping Frog of Calaveras County."
Who are Mark Twain and Samuel Clemens?