2. Jeopardy Literary Terms ProofreadingIrregular Verbs Characters / Perspective Q $200 Q $400 Q $600 Q $800 Q $1000 Q $200 Q $400 Q $600 Q $800 Q $1000 Jeopardy

3. $200 Answer from Literary Terms Hints or clues about future events: For instance, in The Hunger Games, Katniss spends much of the early book hiding and hunting in the woods. This suggests that later on, she will likely use some of these skills (Collins 3-172).

4. $200 Question from Literary Terms What is foreshadowing?

5. $400 Answer from Literary Terms A delay in action in order to build and maintain the interest of the reader/audience: Think of commercials. They tend to interrupt important points in the plot in order to prevent people from changing the channel. Writers do the same thing by switching to other plot lines whenever things get interesting.

6. $400 Question from Literary Terms What is suspense?

7. $600 Answer from Literary Terms The person or thing from whose point of view a story is told: Remember: stories that feature traditional plot elements are called narratives.

8. $600 Question from Literary Terms What is a narrator?

9. $800 Answer from Literary Terms As a result of a writer’s specific word choice, the way a reader feels: For example, if a writer uses words such as dreary, weak, weary, bleak, dying, and ghost, then the general atmosphere for the reader might be described as dark, depressing, or even spooky.

10. $800 Question from Literary Terms What is mood?

11. $1000 Answer from Literary Terms Conveyed through specific word choices, punctuation, and/or textual features, the way a writer feels about a particular topic or situation: For example, if your parents call you by your full name and continue to say, “If you ever do that again, then I’ll...,” you can infer that their attitude is very angry and serious.

12. $1000 Question from Literary Terms What is tone?

13. $200 Answer from Proofreading The necessary corrections for the following sentence: Could you please bring me a ice cream cone.

14. $200 Question from Proofreading What is the fact that “a” should be “an” and the end mark should be a question mark? $200 bonus points if the team can explain its reasoning

15. $400 Answer from Proofreading The necessary correction for the following sentence: You and me should start studying now.

16. $400 Question from Proofreading What is the fact that me should be I? $400 bonus if the team can explain its reasoning

17. $600 Answer from Proofreading The necessary corrections for the following sentence: A honorable person would confess but your not honorable.

18. $600 Question from Proofreading What is the fact that “A” should be “an.” A comma should precede “but,” and “your” should be “you’re”? $600 bonus if the team can explain its reasoning

19. $800 Answer from Proofreading The necessary corrections needed in the following sentence: Their gonna need to start focusing, or they will loose this game.

20. $800 Question from Proofreading What is the fact that “Their” should be “They’re.” The word “gonna” should be changed to “going to,” and “loose” should be “lose”? Bonus $800 if the team can explain its reasoning

21. $1000 Answer from Proofreading The necessary correction in the following sentence: The stalker followed you and I.

22. $1000 Question from Proofreading What is the fact that “I” should be “me”?

23. $200 Answer from Irregular Verbs A verb that does not form its past tense or past participle by adding “-ed.”

24. $200 Question from Irregular Verbs What is an irregular verb?

25. $400 Answer from Irregular Verbs The correct form of the underlined irregular verb in the following sentence: We should have went to the store yesterday.

26. $400 Question from Irregular Verbs What is the fact that “went” should be “gone”?

27. $600 Answer from Irregular Verbs The correct form of the underlined verb in the following sentence: Have you wrote that e-mail yet?

28. $600 Question from Irregular Verbs What is the fact that “wrote” should be “written”?

29. $800 Answer from Irregular Verbs The correct form of the underlined irregular verb in the following sentence: I payed for that yesterday.

30. $800 Question from Irregular Verbs What is the fact that “payed” should be “paid”?

31. $1000 Answer from Irregular Verbs The correct form of the underlined irregular verb in the following sentence: I already seen that movie.

32. $1000 Question from Irregular Verbs What is the fact that “seen” should be “saw”?

33. $200 Answer from Characters / Perspective A perspective for which the narrator is a character in the story; the narrator frequently uses pronouns such as I, me, we, and us: “I never had a brain until Freak came along and let me borrow his for a while” (Philbrick 1).

34. $200 Question from Characters / Perspective What is a first-person point of view?

35. $400 Answer from Characters / Perspective A perspective for which the narrator is not a character is the story; the narrator often uses pronouns such as he, she, they, them, and their: “They talked about recent movies, baseball, and their parents” (Soto 251).

36. $400 Question from Characters / Perspective What is a third-person point of view?

37. $600 Answer from Characters / Perspective Details that reveal information about a character: “After English, Victor had math, his weakest subject” (Soto 252).

38. $600 Answer from Characters / Perspective What is characterization?

39. $800 Answer from Characters / Perspective Characterization that comes in the form of outright description, usually from the narrator; in other words, the reader does not have to infer anything; the description provides everything that is needed: “Antonio was fair, lean, and lanky, while Felix was dark, short, and husky (Thomas 283).

40. $800 Question from Characters / Perspective What is direct characterization?

41. $1000 Answer from Characters / Perspective Characterization that comes in the form of characters’ actions, dialogue, and thoughts; in other word, readers have to infer things about characters: “Victor lingered,... He wanted to leave when she did so he could bump into her and say something special” (Soto 252).

42. $1000 Question from Characters / Perspective What is indirect characterization?