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
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