7 L.A. Mp2 EXAM JEOPARDY REVIEW

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7 L.A.Mp2 EXAMJEOPARDY REVIEW
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JEOPARDY
My Furthest-back Person Poetic Literary Devices Identity Poems Precious Bits of Family Papas Parrot Greek Myth Sarah Cynthia Sylvia Stout
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200 200 200 200 200 200
300 300 300 300 300 300
400 400 400 400 400 400
500 500 500 500 500 500
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My Furthest-back Person for 100

• Who told Alex Haley stories about the African?

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answer

• His grandmother
• or
• Cousin Georgia

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My Furthest-back Person for 200

• Alex Haley started looking for people from Africa
• when he visited this place

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answer

• The United Nations

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My Furthest-back Person for 300

• This story was the inspiration for both a TV
  miniseries and a book called what?

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answer
Roots
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My Furthest-back Person for 400

• This story is an example of what type of writing?

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answer

• A personal essay

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My Furthest-back Person for 500

• What is the word for the storyteller in African
  tribes who needs musicians to relate the clan
  histories?

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answer

• A griot

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Poetic Devices for 100

• Define personification

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answer

• Giving something nonhuman more human
  characteristics
• The fire licked at my shoes hungrily

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Poetic Devices for 200

• What is
• alliteration?

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answer

• Repeating a consonant sound at the beginning of
  each word in the line
• Sally sells seashells

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Poetic Devices for 300

• Provide
• one example of onomatopoeia

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answer

• Woof
• Bang
• Zoom
• Zip
• Screech
• Slam

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Poetic Devices for 400

• An expression that doesnt mean what it says
  literally, such as in a pickle, is called a
  what?

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answer

• Idiom

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Poetic Devices for 500
A combination of two usually contradictory (or
opposite) things, like The fight was pretty
ugly, is an example of a what?
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answer

• Oxymoron

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Identity Poems Precious Bits for 100

• Explain the speakers view on fame in Song of
  Myself

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answer

• He could take it or leave it- happy with himself
  either way

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Identity Poems Precious Bits for 200

• What is the meaning behind the analogy used in
  Im Nobody?

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answer

• Public to a Frog-
• Meaning that being famous, or a Somebody is
  negative

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Identity Poems Precious Bits for 300

• What type of analogy is made in the poem Me?
  (give example)

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answer

• Simile-
• Me, like a tree
• Like a flower for its hour

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Identity Poems Precious Bits for 400

• What literary device does the author of Precious
  Bits use to help the reader picture the setting?

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• Imagery
• (Figurative Language)

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Identity Poems Precious Bits for 500

• What is so ironic about Emily Dickinsons life
  and career?

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• The last thing she would have wanted was being
  published and famous

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Greek Myth for 100

• Which myth explains the changing of the seasons?

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answer

• Demeter and Persephone

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Greek Myth for 200

• What is the name of the god of Poetry and Music?

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answer

• Apollo
• (Phoebus)

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Greek Myth for 300

• In Icarus Daedalus, what bird do the
  characters connect with freedom and liberty?

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answer

• Sea Gull

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Greek Myth for 400

• In which story do two boys fight over their pride
  at being the sons of gods?

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answer

• Phaethon,
• Son of Apollo

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Greek Myth for 500

• Give one reason why it is important for you to
  study Greek Myth.

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answer

1. Entertainment
2. Teaches about ancient cultures
3. Myth references in daily life
4. Learn from historical mistakes

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Papas Parrot for 100

• What did Harrys dad do for a living?

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answer

• He ran a candy shop.

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Papas Parrot for 200

• What motivated Harry to come back and help out at
  the shop?

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• His dad had a heart attack and needed help.

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Papas Parrot for 300

• Why does Harrys father buy Rocky, even though he
  cant afford it?

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answer

• He is lonely

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Papas Parrot for 400

• Harry shows responsibility when he does this.

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• He checked the furnace so the parrot would not
  get cold
• He came to the closed store to do work for his
  dad.

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Papas Parrot for 500

• Why is it Mr. Tillians responsibility to be more
  understanding of Harry?

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answer
Because he is the father, the adult, and he may
have gone through something similar growing up
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Sarah Cynthia Sylvia for 100

• What choice did Sarah make that had negative
  consequences?

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• She would not take out the garbage.

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Sarah Cynthia Sylvia for 200
Who is it that tells Sarah she needs to complete
the chore?
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• Her Father

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Sarah Cynthia Sylvia for 300

• Sarah Cynthia Sylvia Stouts pile raised the
  roof and broke the wall. This is an example of
  what literary device?

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answer

• A hyperbole

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Sarah Cynthia Sylvia for 400

• Two allusions are made in the poem to famous
  locations.
• One is New York- what or where is the other?

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answer

• The Golden Gate Bridge in
• San Francisco, Cal.

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Sarah Cynthia Sylvia for 500

• Who is the author of the poem?

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• Shel Silverstein