Jeopardy! (Non-Fiction and Grammar Edition!)

“Titanic” “No News”

Lit. Elements

Grammar Misc.

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Titanic: 100

•From what city did the Titanic leave and in what city was it suppose to arrive?

Titanic Answer: 100

• Left from: London

• Final destination: New York

Titanic: 200

•How many warnings did they receive about the icebergs?

Titanic Answers: 200

•They received 6 warnings total, but the answer 5 will be accepted.

Titanic: 300

•According to the text, about how long was the gash created by the iceberg?

Titanic Answer: 300

•About 300 ft long

Titanic:400

• What was the name of the ship that was closest to the Titanic, but did not respond?

• How far away was it?

Titanic Answers: 400

• The Californian

• It was only about 5-10 miles away

Titanic: 500

• How about how many total people were on the Titanic and about how many people died?

Titanic Answers: 500

•Total on: 2,201

•Total died: 1,500

Titanic: 600

• List 3 reasons (according to the text) that lead to the great loss of life on the Titanic.

Titanic Answer: 600• 1. The iceberg warnings were

ignored

• 2. Not enough seats on the lifeboats/ not filled

• 3. The Californian didn’t respond to the CQD/ SOS signal

No News: 100

•In which country are the concentration camps located?

No News Answer: 100

•Poland

No News: 200

• About how many people do they estimate died between the 2 concentration camps?

No News Answer: 200

•Around 4 million

No News: 300

• What does the narrator believe to be “wrong” when he first goes to visit Auschwitz?

No News Answer: 300• He thinks it is wrong that the

sun is shining, the grass is green and kids are playing.

• He feels the dark history should be reflected in the atmosphere.

No News: 400

• The narrator remarks that some tourist are not affected by the gas chamber building, rather it is what that horrifies them?

No News Answer: 400

• It is the sight of human hair and the mound of babies’ shoes. It humanizes the victims.

No News: 500

•When was the article written? How many years had it been since the end of WW2?

No News Answer: 500

•It was written in 1959

•14 years after the end of the war

No News: 600

•The title of the essay is “No News from Auschwitz”, why is this title ironic?

No News Answer:600

• There is news to report and the message is that this place and the history behind it must never be forgotten.

Literary Elements: 100• What type of writing is this:

– Trapped in the ruins of the Hotel Montana in Port-au-Prince, he used his shirt to bandage his leg, and tied his belt around the wound. To stop the bleeding on his head, he firmly pressed a sock to it.

– Concerned he might have been experiencing shock, Woolley used the app to look up what to do. It warned him not to sleep. So he set his phone alarm to go off every 20 minutes.

Literary Terms Answer: 100

• Objective--- we get only the FACTS!!!

Literary Terms: 200• What type of writing is this:

– In Port-A-Prince, a town struck by unimaginable tragedy, the streets are littered with the hopeless, forgotten and abandoned. Most disregard this small city as a poor and poverty stricken land, however these people are resourceful and just as important as the richest and most powerful human on earth.

Literary Terms Answer: 200

•Subjective– opinions and LOTS of adjectives –(dead give-a-way )

Literary Terms: 300• In Jaws when the scary music

plays, the audience KNOWS a shark is coming but the characters are unaware. This is an example of…

Literary Terms Answer: 300

•Dramatic Irony!

Literary Terms: 400• After having 2 weeks to study

and offering tutorials, the teacher was shocked to see so many students fail the quiz, when she was sure they would pass. This is an example of…

Literary Terms Answer: 400

•Situational Irony!

Literary Terms: 500• This is the MOST

TERRIFIYING animal I have EVER seen.

• This is an example of…

Literary Terms Answer: 500

•Verbal Irony!

Literary Terms: 600• In the book/ movie Harry Potter

there is prophecy that states… “and either must die at the hand of the other for neither can live while the other survives...." –This lets the audience know that

there will be a fight to the death. This is an example of…

Literary Terms Answer: 600

•Foreshadowing!

Grammar:100

• The young boy, Andy, rode his bike home from McDonalds.–List ALL the Nouns in the

sentence and tell me if they are common or proper.

Grammar Answer: 100

• Common- boy, bike, home

• Proper- Andy, McDonalds

Grammar: 200• My fearless Uncle does some

scary jobs; he works with vicious rattlesnakes, deadly tarantulas and carnivorous lizards.–Identify ALL the adjectives in the

sentence

Grammar Answer: 200

•Adjectives: fearless, scary, vicious, deadly, carnivorous

Grammar: 300

• Hunter Pence played a great game, he practically won it for the Astros.–Identify the pronouns and the

antecedents

Grammar Answer: 300

•Antecedents: Hunter Pence/ game

•Pronouns: He/ it

Grammar: 400

• Sarah thought the park was a complete mess.–Identify the articles/adjectives and the words the modify.

Grammar Answer: 400

• The= definite article• A= indefinite article

Grammar: 500

• Every puppy has fun at the park, they love it!–Identify all the pronouns and antecedents.

Grammar Answer: 500

•Antecedents: Puppy/ park

•Pronouns: they/ it

Grammar: 600• Kylee loves to dance in her

room every Sunday night, and then she skips to school the next morning.–Identify the parts of the sentence

(nouns, pronouns and adjectives)

Grammar Answer: 600• Proper nouns: Kylee, Sunday

• Common Nouns: room, school, morning

• Pronouns: she, her

• Adjectives: next, every

Misc:100

•In what year did the Titanic sink?

Misc Answer: 100

• 1912 (almost 99 years ago)

Misc: 200

•What is the definition of genocide?

Misc Answer: 200

• The deliberate and systematic extermination of a national, racial, political, or cultural group.

Misc: 300

•Adjectives are tricky (jerks). What is a definite article and an indefinite article?

Misc. Answer: 300

•Indefinite: a/ an

•Definite: the

Misc: 400

•Who was the Captain of the Titanic and how did he die?

Misc Answer: 400

• Captain Smith

• He voluntarily went down with the ship.

Misc: 500

• Please create a sentence using with pronouns and adjectives using the words fluffy and corndog.

Misc Answer: 500

•You have 10 seconds to create a sentence… starting….NOW!

Misc: 600• You made perform one of the following

tasks:

• 1. Sing the chorus to “My Heart Will Go On”

OR

• Perform on interpretative dance to the song

Misc Answer: 600

• I am so looking forward to this

• “Near, far, wherever you are I believe that the heart does go on Once more you open the door And you're here in my heart And my heart will go on and on”

• HAPPY BIRTHDAY KARYN!