Jeopardy for Non-Fiction

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Final Jeopardy

$100 Question from N1

Define Biography

$100 Answer from N1

A story of a person’s life written/told by someone else

$200 Question from N1

Define Autobiography

$200 Answer from N1

A story of a person’s life as written by that person

$300 Question from N1

Define Essay

$300 Answer from N1

A short piece of non-fiction writtenabout a single subject

$400 Question from N1

Define Informative Article

$400 Answer from N1

Writing that provides factual information about

Real people, places and events.

$500 Question from N1

Define Interview

$500 Answer from N1

A writing based on question/answersessions between writer/person

$100 Question from N2

Define the elements of non-fiction

$100 Answer from N2

Plot, character, setting, theme

$200 Question from N2

Define fact

$200 Answer from N2

A statement that can be proven

$300 Question from N2

Define Opinion

$300 Answer from N2

A statement which reflects the belief of the writer, but cannot be provenor supported by evidence

$400 Question from N2

Explain expository writing

$400 Answer from N2

Tightly structured/organizedImpersonal style/serious in tonePresents or explains information and Ideas/scholarly/thoroughly researched

$500 Question from N2

Explain Person essay

$500 Answer from N2

Looser structured/informal styleMore personal style/lighter in toneExpresses thoughts/feelings/Personality of the writer

$100 Question from N3

Define persuasive writing

$100 Answer from N3

Presents arguments for/against a topic, tries to convince readers toAdopt a certain point of view

$200 Question from N3

Define a feature story

$200 Answer from N3

Writing found in newspaper/magazines; sometimes human intereststories about interesting people and/or events.

$300 Question from N3

Define the strategies in in readingNon-fiction

$300 Answer from N3

Preview, clarify, summarize, recognizeFacts/opinions and evaluate

$400 Question from N3

Define Preview

$400 Answer from N3

Look at title, pictures, diagrams,Bold print and so on

500 Question from N3

Define Clarify

$500 Answer from N3

Chronological order told in time orderOrganized by author’s ideaSignal words

$100 Question from N4

Define summarize

$100 Answer from N4

Main idea: central idea writerHopes to expressDetail: reasons, ideas, examples,Opinions that support the mainidea

$200 Question from N4

What is non-fiction?

$200 Answer from N4

Writings about real people, places and events

$300 Question from N4

Define Theme

$300 Answer from N4

The lesson or message the writer is attempting to convey to the reader

$400 Question from N4

Define plot

$400 Answer from N4

A sequence of related events that make up a story. It consists of introduction, rising action, climax, falling action, resolution

$500 Question from N4

Define predict

$500 Answer from N4

Guessing what will happen next

$100 Question from N5

Define static character

$100 Answer from H5

A character that does not change

$200 Question from N5

Define dynamic character

$200 Answer from N5

A character that changes within a story.

$300 Question from N5

What are the shorter typesof an autobiography?

$300 Answer from N5

Journals, diaries, letters and memoirs

$400 Question from N5

Define Excerpt

$400 Answer from N5

To take out part of a bookor musical

$500 Question from N5

Define diary

$500 Answer from N5

A record of events, transactions,or observations kept daily

Final Jeopardy

Define the characteristics of a memoir?

Final Jeopardy Answer

Written in the 1st personAuthor’s personal experience, actual happeningFeelings of self, family and communityautobiography