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$100 Question from Literary Terms

A logical assumption about something not directly stated.

$100 Answer from Literary Terms

Inference

$200 Question from Literary Terms

Information that can be proved. Expository essays are always this.

$200 Answer from Literary Terms

Fact or factual

$300 Question from Literary Terms

A person’s judgment or belief.

$300 Answer from Literary Terms

Opinion

$400 Question from Literary Terms

Taking the highlights of the story and shortening them into your own

words.

$400 Answer from Literary Terms

Summarize

$500 Question from Literary Terms

The main reason an author writes.

$500 Answer from Literary Terms

Author’s purpose

$100 Question from Pronouns

Give the books to David and _____.

$100 Answer from Pronouns

me

$200 Question from Pronouns

Someone left _______ coat on the floor.

$200 Answer from Pronouns

His or her

$300 Question from Pronouns

Did everyone bring _____ book?

$300 Answer from Pronouns

His or her

$400 Question from Pronouns

The girl and the boys brought ____ lunches to the cafeteria.

$400 Answer from Pronouns

their

$500 Question from Pronouns

The dog chased _____ tail.

$500 Answer from Pronouns

its

$100 Question from Figurative Language

Sensory language, writing that appealsto senses, creates word pictures

$100 Answer from Figurative Language

Imagery

$200 Question from Figurative Language

Describes one thing as if it were something else. (the snow was a white blanket)

$200 Answer from Figurative Language

Metaphor

$300 Question from Figurative Language

Uses like or as to compare two unlike things (red as a rose)

$300 Answer from Figurative Language

Simile

$400 Question from Figurative Language

Human qualities given to something nonhuman (a tree bowed in the wind)

$400 Answer from Figurative Language

Personification

$500 Question from Figurative Language

Snow speaks to the people itsfalling above in the glooming sunlight.

Its white sparkling voiceechoes as it falls through the air.

What type of figurative language is being presented in the poem below?

$500 Answer from Figurative Language

Personification: Snow speaks sparkling voice

$100 Question from Genre

Writing that explains ideas or that tells about real people, places, objects, or events.

$100 Answer from Genre

Nonfiction

$200 Question from Genre

Text structure that shows similarities And differences between 2 or more items.

$200 Answer from Genre

Compare and Contrast

$300 Question from Genre

Text structure that tells one or more problems and possible solutions.

$300 Answer from Genre

Problem/Solution

$400 Question from Genre

Text structure that lists one or more Causes and the results

$400 Answer from Genre

Cause & Effect

$500 Question from Genre

Text structure that tells the main ideasand elaborates with details.

$500 Answer from Genre

Description

$100 Question from Mish Mash

A life lesson that the author wants the reader to learn about.

$100 Answer from Mish Mash

Theme

$200 Question from Mish Mash

A word meaning the opposite

$200 Answer from Mish Mash

Antonym

$300 Question from Mish Mash

A word meaning the same

$300 Answer from Mish Mash

Synonym

$400 Question from Mish Mash

Name the three reasons an author writes

$400 Answer from Mish Mash

To persuadeTo entertainTo inform

$500 Question from Mish Mash

Text structure that tells the order of a process or series of events.

$500 Answer from Mish Mash

Sequential

Final JeopardyToday I managed something that I’ve never done before:I turned in this week’s spelling quizand got a perfect score.

Although my score was perfect,it appears I’m not too bright.I got a perfect zero—not a single answer right.

I didn’t study for the testand now I’m feeling blue.I copied off your paperand I flunked it just like you. 

Identify two similarities and two differences using these two poems.

Final Jeopardy Answers

Similarities:* both poems contain rhyme* both contain similar themes

Differences:* the first poem contains repetition (perfect), while the second does not.* The second poem has cause & effect (didn’t study – failed), while the first is inferred.

Answers may vary. Check with your teacher to see if your answer is accurate.