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Final Jeopardy

The sky is overcast and gray.

$100 Answer

What is “It’s going to rain”?

We met at a restaurant. It wasn’t a date, but you said you didn’t have any money.

$200 Answer

What is “do you want me to pay for your lunch?”

The baby was asleep upstairs in his bed. Suddenly, I heard a loud thump followed by hysterical crying. I inferred that…

$300 Answer

What is the baby fell out of the bed?

All 8th grade students must pass the STAAR to go to high school. My best friend was on the honor roll each six weeks. The last week of school, my friend told me she is staying at Hildebrandt one more year. I inferred that…

$400 Answer

What is my friend did not pass the STAAR test?

An inference is a guessing phenomenon or an educated guess.

True or False?

$500 Answer

What is True?

There were twelve seconds left on the clock in the championship game. Every fan was standing and watching as the point guard dribbled down the court. Then…5, 4, 3, 2…he shoots, and….

The most intense moment in a story is known as the ___________ .

$100 Answer

What is the climax?

We set out early Saturday morning to observe a fierce animal with razor sharp teeth that lives in the sea and can slice up its prey in a matter of seconds. Everyone was on edge for the two hour boat ride to our destination.

$200 Answer

What is rising action?

In the Wizard of Oz, we find Dorothy living on a farm in Kansas with her aunt and uncle and her little dog Toto.

$300 Answer

What is the exposition?

This graphic organizer is known as a ______

$400 Answer

What is a plot line?

The story ended with the discovery of a red fern growing at the grave of his beloved hunting dogs.

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What is the denouement?

Dr Robert Ballard tried for 12 long years to raise money to mount an expedition to find the wreck of the Titanic. Other scientists scoffed at Ballard’s dream, but he would not give up on his hopes of locating the ship at the bottom of the Atlantic Ocean.

The word that best characterizes Ballard is:a. unrealistic b. scientist c. determined

$100 Answer

What is determined?

During WWII, the Nazi soldiers wore the symbol below. Even today people associate this symbol with the character trait(s) of: a. hate b. racismc. fear d. all of the above

$200 Answer

What is “D” all of the above?

From After, Ever After…“…I knew a lot of people didn’t like the way he never, ever held anything back, but at moments like that I always wished I could be even a tenth as brave as Tad.”

Tad could be characterized as:a. outspokenb. opinionatedc. valiantd. all of the above

$300 Answer

What is all of the above?

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From Shadow of the Dragon… “Danny’s friend asked who got killed…he pretended he didn’t know much about it. But he did know. The old woman…was his grandmother, and Danny had known the dead teenager very well.”

One could best characterize Danny as:a. wittyb. sleepyc. ashamedd. none of the above

$400 Answer

What is ashamed?

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Louis Armstrong was one of the world’s greatest jazz musicians. As a young boy, he made money on the streets of New Orleans by singing and dancing. After being sent to a boy’s home at 13, he received music lessons. One year later he was a determined and talented horn player.The text evidence that characterizes Armstrong as a teenager is ____.

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What is determined and talented?

From Shadow of the Dragon:“I remembered that the blood of a dragon flows through my veins…an honorable, brave dragon will do anything for his family, no matter what the cost.” The best theme is:

a. don’t be afraidb. be loyalc. stand up for what you believe

ind. none of the above

$100 Answer

What is stand up for what you believe in?

In Hunger Games, Katniss realizes that Peeta “has a plan forming. He hasn’t accepted his death. He is fighting hard to stay alive. Which also means that kind Peeta…is fighting hard to kill me.”

The text evidence indicates the thematic topic is:

a. survivalb. friendshipc. ward. love

$200 Answer

What is survival?

In Dickens’ A Christmas Carol, Scrooge says:“I will honor Christmas in my heart, and try to keep it all the year. I will live in the Past, Present, and the Future. The spirits of all three shall strive within me. I will not shut out the lessons they teach me.”

The theme of this passage is:a. Be afraid of spiritsb. Spirits live within Scrooge.c. Every one should keep the spirit of

Christmas in their heart all year long.d. None of the above.

$300 Answer

What is every one should keep the spirit of

Christmas in their heart all year long?

From Walk Two Moons:

“As I walked home, I thought about the message. In the course of a lifetime, what does it matter? I said it over and over. I wondered about the mysterious messenger, and I thought about all the things in the course of a lifetime that would not matter. I did not think cheerleading tryouts would matter, but I was not so sure about yelling at your mother.”

The best thematic message is:a. Walking helps you solve problems.b. Don’t yell at your mother.c. Cheer tryouts are not that important.d. How you treat others in life matters

$400 Answer

What is How you treat others in life matters?

From the novel Hatchet:“…he looked back on this time of crying in the corner of the dark cave and thought of it as when he learned the most important rule of survival…feeling sorry for yourself didn’t work. When he sat alone in the darkness and cried…nothing had changed. His leg still hurt, it was still dark, he was still alone and the self-pity had accomplished nothing.”The theme is:a. You have to make the best out of what life gives you.b. Look at the glass half-full.c. Self-pity does not help you accomplish anything.d. All of the above

$500 Answer

What is all of the above?

From Exploring the Titanic:

Captain Smith had just received an iceberg warning message. “Bride thought the captain seemed unconcerned…but…he had been told that it was not uncommon to have ice floating in the sea lanes during an April crossing. Besides, what danger could a few pieces of ice present to an unsinkable ship?

What literary element is used in the underlined text?a. flashbackb. foreshadowingc. ironyd. symbolism

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What is foreshadowing?

In the novel The Outsiders, one of the characters encourages Ponyboy to “stay gold” meaning to stay innocent.“Gold” is an example of: a. flashback

b. foreshadowingc. ironyd. symbolism

$200 Answer

What is symbolism?

From Exploring the Titanic:Seventy-three years after the Titanic sank, Dr. Robert Ballard located the ship at the bottom of Atlantic Ocean.

“It was now almost two in the morning, very close to the exact hour of the Titanic’s sinking. Someone pointed to the clock on the wall. All of a sudden the room became silent.”

This text evidence shows: a. flashback

b. foreshadowingc. ironyd. symbolism

$300 Answer

What is irony?

From Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone:

“The only thing Harry liked about his own appearance was a very thin scar on his forehead that was shaped like a bolt of lightning. He had had it as long as he could remember, and the first question he could ever remember asking his Aunt Petunia was how he had gotten it.”The literary device used in the underlined text is: a. flashback

b. foreshadowingc. ironyd. symbolism

$400 Answer

What is symbolism?

From Whirligig…

The whirligigs of the story become a _____ for Brent's life as it flashes, twists, and turns, in chaotic disorder. Then order is restored as he fashions each whirligig and finds just the right spot for it. The whirligigs take on lives of their own as they affect the lives of individuals in each location.

The literary device that goes in the blank above is:

a. metaphorb. foreshadowingc. similed. flashback

$500 Answer

What is metaphor?

Final Jeopardy

The words “hut” and “shack” have a ____ connotation?

Final Jeopardy Answer

What is the negative?