1. Home Visitors Team12 Now Batting Home Team Visiting Team Top of the

2. Answer First Inning Single Question What is an internal conflict? Top of the Home Visitors Team123

3. Batter Up First Inning Single Answer A problem inside one of the characters in a story (man vs. himself) Top of the Home Visitors Team123

4. First Inning Double Question What is an external conflict? Answer Top of the Home Visitors Team123

5. First Inning Double Answer A problem with something outside the character Batter Up Top of the Home Visitors Team123

6. First Inning Triple Question What are examples of 3 external conflicts (________ vs. ________)? Answer Top of the Home Visitors Team123

7. First Inning Triple Answer Man vs. man Man vs. machine Man vs. nature Batter Up Top of the Home Visitors Team123

8. First Inning Home Run Question Give an example of a conflict from one of the short stories we have read and identify it as an internal or external conflict Answer Top of the Home Visitors Team123

9. First Inning Home Run Answer Various answers accepted Batter Up Top of the Home Visitors Team123

10. Now Batting Home Team Visiting Team Bottom of the Home Visitors Team123

11. Answer First Inning Single Question What is a first person point of view? Bottom of the Home Visitors Team123

12. Batter Up First Inning Single Answer A character in the story tells the story Bottom of the Home Visitors Team123

13. First Inning Double Question What is a third-person limited point of view? Answer Bottom of the Home Visitors Team123

14. First Inning Double Answer A character outside the story tells the story and focuses on one character Bottom of the Batter Up Home Visitors Team123

15. First Inning Triple Question What is an omniscient point of view? Answer Bottom of the Home Visitors Team123

16. First Inning Triple Answer A character outside the story tells the story and knows everything about all characters Bottom of the Batter Up Home Visitors Team123

17. First Inning Home Run Question What is the point of view of the passage below: “And now at last her body, which had long been no more than a shard supported only by the force of honesty and duty, had fallen. Her soul passed into those spheres where all holy souls meet, regardless of the roles they played on this earth, in whatever tongue, of whatever creed. I cannot imagine paradise without the Gentile washwoman. I cannot even conceive of a world where these is no recompense for such effort.” Answer Bottom of the Home Visitors Team123

18. First Inning Home Run Answer First-person Bottom of the Batter Up Home Visitors Team123

19. Now Batting Home Team Visiting Team Top of the Home Visitors Team123

20. Answer Second Inning Single Question What is an example of verbal irony? Top of the Home Visitors Team123

21. Batter Up Second Inning Single Answer Various answers (saying something opposite of what you mean) Top of the Home Visitors Team123

22. Second Inning Double Question What is an example of situational irony from one of the short stories we read? Answer Top of the Home Visitors Team123

23. Second Inning Double Answer “The Necklace”—They spent 10 years paying to replace a diamond necklace that was fake “The Gift of the Magi”—They each sold the thing they loved most to buy the gift for the other, making the gifts unusable “The Most Dangerous Game”—The hunter became the hunted Top of the Batter Up Home Visitors Team123

24. Second Inning Triple Question If the audience knows the killer is in the closet, but the characters do not, what type of irony is that? Answer Top of the Home Visitors Team123

25. Second Inning Triple Answer Dramatic irony Top of the Batter Up Home Visitors Team123

26. Second Inning Home Run Question What is the difference between a static character and a dynamic character? Answer Top of the Home Visitors Team123

27. Second Inning Home Run Answer A static character stays the same throughout the story. A dynamic character changes due to events in the story. Top of the Batter Up Home Visitors Team123

28. Now Batting Home Team Visiting Team Bottom of the Home Visitors Team123

29. Answer Second Inning Single Question What is the “where and the when” of the story called? Bottom of the Home Visitors Team123

30. Batter Up Second Inning Single Answer Setting Bottom of the Home Visitors Team123

31. Second Inning Double Question What could the scarlet ibis be a symbol for in “The Scarlet Ibis”? Answer Bottom of the Home Visitors Team123

32. Second Inning Double Answer (More than one possible answer) A symbol for Doodle/that he didn’t fit in Bottom of the Batter Up Home Visitors Team123

33. Second Inning Triple Question Is the theme of the story written down in the story? Answer Bottom of the Home Visitors Team123

34. Home Visitors Team123456789 Second Inning Triple Answer No. Theme is something the reader has to figure out for him/herself Bottom of the Batter Up Home Visitors Team123

35. Second Inning Home Run Question What are the terms missing from the plot diagram below? Answer Bottom of the Home Visitors Team123 Rising action ? ? ? Falling action

36. Second Inning Home Run Answer Bottom of the Batter Up Home Visitors Team123 Rising action Exposition Climax Resolution Falling action

37. Now Batting Home Team Visiting Team Home Visitors Team123 Top of the

38. Answer Third Inning Single Question Type Question Here Home Visitors Team123 Top of the

39. Batter Up Third Inning Single Answer Type Answer Here Home Visitors Team123 Top of the

40. Third Inning Double Question Type Question Here Answer Home Visitors Team123 Top of the

41. Third Inning Double Answer Type Answer Here Home Visitors Team123 Top of the Batter Up

42. Third Inning Triple Question Type Question Here Answer Home Visitors Team123 Top of the

43. Third Inning Triple Answer Type Answer Here Home Visitors Team123 Top of the Batter Up

44. Third Inning Home Run Question Type Question Here Answer Home Visitors Team123 Top of the

45. Third Inning Home Run Answer Type Answer Here Home Visitors Team123 Top of the Batter Up

46. Now Batting Home Team Visiting Team Home Visitors Team123 Bottom of the

47. Answer Third Inning Single Question Type Question Here Home Visitors Team123 Bottom of the

48. Batter Up Third Inning Single Answer Type Answer Here Home Visitors Team123 Bottom of the

49. Third Inning Double Question Type Question Here Answer Home Visitors Team123 Bottom of the

50. Third Inning Double Answer Type Answer Here Batter Up Home Visitors Team123 Bottom of the

51. Third Inning Triple Question Type Question Here Answer Home Visitors Team123 Bottom of the

52. Third Inning Triple Answer Type Answer Here Batter Up Home Visitors Team123 Bottom of the

53. Third Inning Home Run Question Type Question Here Answer Bottom of the Home Visitors Team123

54. Third Inning Home Run Answer Type Answer Here Batter Up Home Visitors Team123 Bottom of the

55. How to use this game This game is designed to be used with a projector or Active board. The innings can be switched by clicking on the baseballs at the top of each inning over the score box to the lower right of the main page. To switch from the top to the bottom of the inning click on the “Home” or “Visiting” words to the lower left just under Now batting. The team in red is up to bat. Each inning has 4 questions, each question should vary in hardness from easy as a single to very difficult as a home run. If a student answers it correctly then place a mark or a cut out on base. If the student answers incorrectly they get an out. When the team answers all four questions in the inning or gets three outs the other team comes to bat. Variation: instead of placing a mark on the white board or a cut out of a runner, push back the desks and place 4 bases on the floor of the classroom. Allow the students to take their bases and walk around the room accordingly.

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