| Describe in detail what you need | create a jeopardy.com game for AP language for 10th grade that reviews common ELA skills |
| How many pages | 1 |
This Jeopardy game is designed to review key English Language Arts skills for 10th-grade students. The game includes categories that cover a range of topics, including literary devices, grammar, essay writing, and critical reading skills. Each category contains five questions, increasing in difficulty. Students will select a category and a point value, and the objective is to answer the questions correctly to earn points.
$100: This device gives human characteristics to non-human things.
Answer: What is personification?
$200: A comparison between two unlike things using "like" or "as".
Answer: What is a simile?
$300: A recurring theme or idea in a literary work.
Answer: What is a motif?
$400: The feeling or atmosphere that a piece of writing creates for the reader.
Answer: What is mood?
$500: An exaggerated statement not meant to be taken literally.
Answer: What is hyperbole?
$100: The use of a comma before a coordinating conjunction in a compound sentence.
Answer: What is a comma splice?
$200: The correct form of this verb indicates ongoing action.
Answer: What is the present participle?
$300: These words modify nouns and typically answer questions like "which?", "what kind?", and "how many?".
Answer: What are adjectives?
$400: This type of sentence contains an independent clause and one or more dependent clauses.
Answer: What is a complex sentence?
$500: A mistake where the subject and verb do not agree in number.
Answer: What is subject-verb agreement?
$100: The first paragraph of an essay that introduces the topic.
Answer: What is the introduction?
$200: The main idea or argument of an essay, often presented in one sentence.
Answer: What is a thesis statement?
$300: The technique of structuring an essay with a clear beginning, middle, and end.
Answer: What is the narrative structure?
$400: Transitions help to achieve this in writing.
Answer: What is coherence?
$500: The final section that summarizes the key points and restates the thesis in an impactful way.
Answer: What is the conclusion?
$100: A word that has the opposite meaning of another word.
Answer: What is an antonym?
$200: This word describes a person who enjoys reading and studying.
Answer: What is a bibliophile?
$300: This term means to freely express one's opinion or thoughts.
Answer: What is articulate?
$400: A noun that describes the main character in a work of literature.
Answer: What is protagonist?
$500: A phrase or expression that does not mean exactly what it says.
Answer: What is an idiom?
$100: This strategy involves making educated guesses about a text's meaning.
Answer: What is inference?
$200: The central idea or message of a text.
Answer: What is the theme?
$300: This term describes the context and circumstances surrounding a piece of writing.
Answer: What is setting?
$400: Identifying the author's purpose can help the reader understand this aspect of a text.
Answer: What is tone?
$500: This type of question asks you to draw conclusions based on the text.
Answer: What is an analytical question?
This Jeopardy game serves as a review tool for 10th-grade students to refine their ELA skills. Through interactive participation, students enhance their understanding of critical literary concepts, grammar rules, and writing strategies that are essential for their academic success.
Encourage students to discuss their answers after each question to foster deeper understanding and retention of the material. Enjoy the game!