First Term-English 8
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This is a wrap-up game about the lessons discussed in module 1: Elements of Description and Short Stories, Sentence Structures, and Run-On Sentences
Topics of this game:
- Which short story element refers to the sequence of events in a story?
- Which element of description is present here: Donald was a mischievous president.
- Which sentence structure contains both an independent and a dependent clause?
- "Because he wanted to accomplish everything as soon as possible he decided to do the tasks for next week even though it was 2 in the morning."
- Which element of description does this detail belong to: "The moment I see her, there’s a rumbling in my chest, and my mouth is as dry as a desert." (From "On Seeing the 100% Perfect GIrl")
- What type of a character starts out as a villain and remains to be a villain until the end (example: Joker)?
- What is the structure: "You are whom you choose to become."
- Fix this run-on: "I love playing games the tasks need to be accomplished first."
- "Maybe you have your own particular favorite type of girl - one with slim ankles, say, or big eyes, or graceful fingers, or you’re drawn for no good reason to girls who take their time with every meal."
- Fix the run-on: "After talking, we’d have lunch somewhere, maybe see a Woody Allen movie, stop by a hotel bar for cocktails."
- Fix the run on: "They sat on a park bench, held hands, told each other their stories hour after hour, they were not lonely anymore, they had found and been found by their 100% perfect other."
- What is the structure: "Heaven be praised, they became truly upstanding citizens who knew how to transfer from one subway line to another, who were fully capable of sending a special-delivery letter at the post office." (From "On Seeing the 100% Perfect Girl")
- What is the structure: "The faintest gleam of their lost memories glimmered for the briefest moment in their hearts." (From "On Seeing the 100% Perfect Girl")
- What is the structure: ' I might be the 100% perfect girl for you, but you’re not the 100% boy for me." (From "On Seeing the 100% Perfect Girl")
- Which part of the plot is the longest and contains the most events in a story?
- Which part of the plot does this belong to: "Wall-E and the humans return to earth, and they begin to plant trees to bring the world to life again."
- Choose the well-stated theme among the choices.
- Which is a dominant impression among the choices?
- Which element of description is present here: "They sat on a park bench, held hands, and told each other their stories hour after hour. They were not lonely anymore." (From "On Seeing the 100% Perfect Girl")
- Which element of description is present here: "Maybe you have your own particular favorite type of girl - one with slim ankles, say, or big eyes, or graceful fingers..." (From "On Seeing the 100% Perfect Girl")
