This document is an English Jeopardy game covering key concepts in language arts including parts of speech, grammar rules, figures of speech, the five paragraph essay structure, and elements of plot such as climax, resolution, and setting. The game is divided into categories with clues in the form of questions and point values ranging from 100 to 500 points. It is designed to test students' understanding of major concepts in the English language.

1. English Jeopardy!
Created by:
Mr. Erickson

2. Objectives
The student will be able to:
Identify and define the parts of speech,
figurative language, punctuation, and
elements of plot.
Demonstrate understanding of the major
concepts of the Language Arts.

3. English Jeopardy
Parts of
Speech
5 Paragraph
Essay
Grammar
Rules
Figures of
Speech
Plot
Diagram
100 100 100 100 100
200 200 200 200 200
300 300 300 300 300
400 400 400 400 400
500 500 500 500 500

4. Person, place, thing or idea

5. What is a noun?

6. Modifies a noun.

7. What is an adjective?

8. An action word

9. What is a verb?

10. Modifies a verb.

11. What is an adverb?

12. A substitute for a noun.

13. What is a pronoun?

14. Standard essay form.

15. What is the five paragraph essay?

16. The first paragraph of a five paragr

17. What is the introduction?

18. The number of paragraphs that mak

19. What is three?

20. Begins each paragraph of a five para

21. What is a topic sentence?

22. One sentence, found in the introduc

23. What is a thesis statement?

24. In order to be a complete sentence

25. What is a subject and a verb?

26. This ends every sentence.

27. What is a punctuation mark?

28. Used to denote a phrase or word spo

29. What are quotation marks?

30. One of three things used when comb

31. What is a semi-colon, a transitional

32. This type of writing should avoid per

33. What is proper or formal?

34. Compares two things using the words

35. What is a simile?

36. An extreme exaggeration

37. What is a hyperbole?

38. Consecutive words with the same be

39. What is alliteration?

40. A comparison of two things by sayin

41. What is a metaphor?

42. Words which suggest the sound of w

43. What is an onomatopoeia?

44. The turning point of a story, the he

45. What is the Climax?

46. The events which lead up to the clim

47. What is the rising action?

48. The beginning of a story, where peo
extablished.

49. What is character development or e

50. The events which take place after th

51. What is the resolution?

52. This includes things such as the loca

53. What is the setting?