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Jeopardy. Elements of Nonfiction. The 11:59. Parts of a Story. The Baker Heater League. P.O.V. Q $100. Q $100. Q $100. Q $100. Q $100. Q $200. Q $200. Q $200. Q $200. Q $200. Q $300. Q $300. Q $300. Q $300. Q $300. Q $400. Q $400. Q $400. Q $400. Q $400. Q $500.
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Jeopardy Elements of Nonfiction The 11:59 Parts of a Story The Baker Heater League P.O.V. Q $100 Q $100 Q $100 Q $100 Q $100 Q $200 Q $200 Q $200 Q $200 Q $200 Q $300 Q $300 Q $300 Q $300 Q $300 Q $400 Q $400 Q $400 Q $400 Q $400 Q $500 Q $500 Q $500 Q $500 Q $500 Final Jeopardy
$100 Question from H1 • What word is being defined here? • -the overall feeling that the work • evokes in the reader
$100 Answer from H1 mood
$200 Question from H1 What word is defined here? - consists of every feature of the writer's use of language , such as rhythm, word choice, and organization
$200 Answer from H1 Author’s style
$300 Question from H1 What word is defined here? prose writing that presents and explains ideas or tells about real people, places, objects or events
$300 Answer from H1 nonfiction
$400 Question from H1 List the elements of nonfiction.
$400 Answer from H1 1. typically involves real people, events and ideas 2. narrated from the point-of-view of the author 3. mood- is the overall feeling that the work evokes in the reader 4. author's style- consists of every feature of the writer's use of language , such as rhythm, word choice, and organization
$500 Question from H1 Which statement best distinguishes nonfiction from fiction? Nonfiction has only imaginary characters; fiction features real characters. Unlike fiction, the series of events in a nonfiction work make up its plot. c) Nonfiction never includes the writer's opinions; works of fiction do express opinions. d) Nonfiction presents real people and events; fiction presents imaginary people and events.
$100 Question from H2 • A person outside the story who tells the story • .
$100 Answer from H2 3RD Person
$200 Question from H2 • When a character in the story tells the story. • Uses the words “I, me, we”
$200 Answer from H2 1ST person
$300 Question from H2 What point of view is nonfiction usually written in?
$300 Answer from H2 1st person
$400 Question from H2 What word is defined here? The vantage point from which the story is told.
$400 Answer from H2 Point-of-view
$500 Question from H2 Explain how the 11:59 story becomes, for Lester, a "real-life" experience.
$500 Answer from H2 When Lester himself hears the whistle, he attempts to avoid death, but the 11:59 comes for him anyway— and he ends up "living" the story he loved to tell.
$100 Question from H3 What words best describe Lester Simmons ?
$100 Answer from H3 superstitious
$200 Question from H3 Describe the conflict in the 11:59.
$200 Answer from H3 Lester hears the whistle of the 11:59 but isn't ready to die.
$300 Question from H3 When Lester reviews his life what does he decide? How did he evaluate his life?
$300 Answer from H3 that he has no regrets and that he stands by his choices .
$400 Question from H3 What is the theme of The 11:59?
$400 Answer from H3 You can't escape death no matter how hard you try.
$500 Question from H3 In "The 11:59," Lester Simmons tells the story of how Tip Sampson got his nickname. What is the lesson that Lester probably expected the younger porters to learn from this little story within a story?
$500 Answer from H3 Lester probably expected the younger porters to learn that you cannot predict the size of a passenger's tip based on his or her appearance. The passenger who appears to be the wealthiest may turn out to be the poorest tipper.
$100 Question from H4 . Which of the following is a part of a story's plot? a. setting c. conflict b. novella d. narrator
$200 Question from H4 What happens in the resolution of The 11:59?
$200 Answer from H4 Lester’s friends find him dead at his home
$300 Question from H4 The exposition of the 11:59 describes What 2 things?
$300 Answer from H4 The setting St. Louis 1920s And main characters Lester Simmons and the 11:59
$400 Question from H4 .What stage of plot is this... The events that show the result of the climax and what happens after the conflict is solved
$400 Answer from H4 Falling action
$500 Question from H4 Compare and contrast with 2 points each “The 11:59” to “The Baker Heater League”.
$500 Answer from H4 Compare- 1.They both talk about the lives of Porters. 2.The both mention the famous Daddy Joe. Contrast- 1. Baker Heater League is nonfiction. 11:59 is fiction. 2. 11:59 describes only 2 folktales. Baker Heater describes many folktales.
$100 Question from H5 What is the “Baker Heater League”?.
$100 Answer from H5 The porters who told stories and shared a unique communication system.
$200 Question from H5 How did the Porters spread information so quickly?
$200 Answer from H5 They would share information at the train stops.
$300 Question from H5 Paraphrase the story of John Henry’ death.
$300 Answer from H5 He worked on the railroad until he had a competition with the steamdrill and worked himself to death.
$400 Question from H5 Why did the authors write "The Baker Heater League"? to entertain readers with a fictional story about railroad workers b. to inform readers about early railroad workers c. to teach readers the rules of the railroad d. to convince readers that railroad men are the best storytellers
$500 Question from H5 Which sentence best describes the heroes of the railroad, such as Casey Jones and John Henry? They were fictional characters who never really existed. They were admired for their storytelling skills. c. They had qualities the railroad workers valued. d. They never had a chance to show their strength and bravery.
