Porter’s JeopardyGrammar

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Final Jeopardy

$100 Question from H1

What grammatical error is in this sentence?

Seven boys and seven girls Seven boys and seven girls played touch football but played touch football but only three of the boys scored only three of the boys scored touchdowns.touchdowns.

$100 Answer from H1

There should be a comma after football.

$200 Question from H1

This definition is for what punctuation mark?

Use a _________ in place of a period to separate two sentences where the conjunction has been left out.

$200 Answer from H1

SemicolonSemicolon

$300 Question from H1

How many errors are in this sentence?

in the morning I milk the cows before heading too the house for breakfast

$300 Answer from H1

4

In the morning, I milk the cows before heading to the house for breakfast.

$400 Question from H1

What point-of-view should aresearch paper be written in?

$400 Answer from H1

3rd Person - Objective

$500 Question from H1Which sentence(s) is/are correct?

1. Illiteracy is a huge problem it affects millions of people worldwide, and it is an impediment to social progress.

2. Illiteracy is a huge problem; it affects millions of people worldwide, and it is an impediment to social progress.

3. Illiteracy is a huge problem. It effects millions of people worldwide, and it is an impediment to social progress.

4. Illiteracy is a huge problem it effects millions of people worldwide and it is an impediment to social progress.

$500 Answer from H1

2. Illiteracy is a huge problem; it affects millions of people worldwide, and it is an impediment to social progress.

$100 Question from H2

The name of the hurricane that The name of the hurricane that barreled into the coastal watersbarreled into the coastal watersover the weekend.over the weekend.

$100 Answer from H2

Tropical Storm Beryl

$200 Question from H2

This man’s butler allegedly leaked importantinformation that shows corruption in theCatholic church.

$200 Answer from H2

Pope Benedict XVI

$300 Question from H2

This recent American celebrity golden calfwill go under the knife for kidney surgeryon Tuesday (May 29th).

$300 Answer from H2

Phillip Phillips

$400 Question from H2

Mark Zuckerberg has been criticized recentlyfor this less than proportionate wedding gift.

$400 Answer from H2

Small Ruby Wedding Ring

$500 Question from H2

For the second time this month,Lil Wayne and his entourageare being investigated for thiscrime.

$500 Answer from H2

Assault

$100 Question from H3

The sensory details that provide vividness in a literary work

$100 Answer from H3

Imagery

$200 Question from H3

The struggle between opposing forces

$200 Answer from H3

Conflict

$300 Question from H3

The method an author uses to acquaint a reader with his or her character

$300 Answer from H3

Characterization

$400 Question from H3

A narrative, in which characters, action, and sometimes setting represent abstract concepts apart from the literal meaning of the story

$400 Answer from H3

Allegory

$500 Question from H3

A brief reference to a famous person, event, or place, real or fictitious, in a piece of art or literature.

$500 Answer from H3

Allusion

$100 Question from H4

What literary era is this quote from?

“This is the way the world endsnot with a bang but a whimper.” ― T.S. Eliot (1888-1965)

$100 Answer from H4

Modern Era

$200 Question from H4

What book is this quote from?

"I've been drunk for about a week now, and I thought it might sober me up to sit in a library."

$200 Answer from H4

The Great GatsbyThe Great Gatsby

$300 Question from H4

What book is this quote from?

Because it is my name! Because I cannot have another in my life! Because I lie and sign myself to lies! Because I am not worth the dust on the feet of them that hang! How may I live without my name? I have given you my soul; leave me my name!

$300 Answer from H4

The Crucible

$400 Question from H4

What story does this quote come from?

“You’ll know her more by your questions than by her answers. Keep looking at her long enough. One day you might see someone you know.”

$400 Answer from H4

Stargirl

$500 Question from H4

What book is this quote from?

"Ah, but let her cover the mark as she will, the pang of it will be always in her heart." 

$500 Answer from H4

The Scarlet Letter

$100 Question from H5

This character was a symbol of This character was a symbol of sin, able, and help.sin, able, and help.

$100 Answer from H5

Hester Prynne

$200 Question from H5

This man defended Red Coat soldiers in court after the Boston Massacre.He cared more about liberty and justice than he did about the emotions of the trial.

$200 Answer from H5

John Adams

$300 Question from H5

The literary term for listing in a storylike Tim O’brian did in The ThingsThey Carried or Ben Franklin didin Poor Richard’s Almanack.

$300 Answer from H5

Catalog

$400 Question from H5

The name for the person who is telling the story in a poem or short story when they are not the author.

$400 Answer from H5

Narrator

$500 Question from H5

Name three women by name fromThe Great Gatsby.

$500 Answer from H5

DaisyJordanMyrtle

Final Jeopardy

This author wrote, “I have been studying the traits and dispositions of the lower animals (so-called), and contrasting them with the traits and dispositions of man. I find the result humiliating to me.”

Final Jeopardy Answer

“Mark Twain”Samuel Longhorne Clemens