Jeopardy
Literary Techniques & Word Order of Adjectives
and Noun Phrases
Micro-Teaching
Alice Kim
Goals
To recognize & understand the different
types/uses of literary techniques
To practice arranging words in the correct
order, within noun phrases & adjectives
Objectives (SWBAT)
Play Jeopardy, answering questions about
noun phrases, adjective order, and literary
techniques
Identify the literary techniques used in given
examples
Rearrange words in the correct order for noun
phrases & adjectives
Brainstorm on the Board
Write as many literary techniques as you can
think of (e.g., metaphor)
Write examples of noun phrases containing
more than one determiner, quantifier,
intensifier, and/or adjectives (e.g., the two
extremely beautiful)
(2 mins)
Rules
The first team will select a category & point
value, then work together to answer the
question correctly
If the team answers incorrectly, the other 2
teams will be given a chance to answer
The team that answers the selected question
correctly will be awarded the points
The team with the most points wins!
(9 mins)
Songs
Movies &
Television
Poetry
History
Natural
Disasters
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Name the word(s), in this
song by Black Eyed
Peas, that sound like the
object they describe.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JL42e5rYH
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What takes on human
characteristics in this
song by Green Day?
1:54-2:07
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eF0gyQ6V7
4Q
What is the literary
device used in this song
by Neyo?
1:08-1:28
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5RlbAoSP_
9o
What is the literary
device used in this song
by Miley Cyrus?
0:29-0:56 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t46xJpQnv8
1. Name the literary
device used in this song
by Uncle Kracker?
2. What letter sound was
repeated?
2:35-2:50
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eF0gyQ6V
74Q
State three Disney
characters’ names that
are examples of
alliteration.
In the clip, Ham says,
“Your killin’ me, Smalls!”
What literary device is
this an example of?
1:15-1:30
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XlddDZkkx
Cc
Name the literary device
used in this clip.
3:55-4:07
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U_pxfifB6C
o
1. Name the literary
device used in this clip.
2. What example can you
find of this literary
device?
0:00-0:19
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vhqi6ysY_
HQ
1. What is the literary
device used in this clip?
2. What is “V’s” purpose?
0:34-1:29
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ACUpr5Gv
VsE
What is the literary device
used in “Where the
Sidewalk Ends” by Shel
Silverstein?
There is a place where the sidewalk ends
And before the street begins,
And there the grass grows soft and white,
And there the sun burns crimson bright,
And there the moon-bird rests from his flight
How many adjectives are
used in “The Road Not
Taken” by Robert Frost?
(30 seconds)
Two roads diverged in a yellow wood,
And sorry I could not travel both,
And be one traveler, long I stood
And looked down one as far as I could,
To where it bent in the undergrowth
How many times is
onomatopoeia used in
“Running Water” by Lee
Emmett?
water plops into pond
splish-splash downhill
whoosh, passing breeze
flags flutter and flap
frog croaks, bird whistles
babbling bubbles from tap
Name the literary device
used in this poem:
The teapot sang as the water boiled
The ice cubes cackled in their glass
The teacups chattered to one another.
1. What is the literary device
used in this poem?
2. What is the theme?
A mountain of baby carrots, a turkey the size
of a cow, a river full of gravy,
a dog that says meow. Every pie known to
man and gallons full of ice cream.
By the time my dinner is over I surely won’t
be lean.
By the time my dinner is over
I surely won’t be lean.
Place the following words
in the correct order:
Egyptians of stone slept
made pillows on the
ancient
Place the following words
in the correct order:
the 116 actually Hundred
War years Years lasted
Place the following words
in the correct order:
army joined young lot
American men a of the in
1940
Place the following words
in the correct order: the
Black more of Europe’s
killed population Death
than half
Place the following words
in the correct order:
the Great had by was
Alexander nearly the half
he 20 years old known the
time conquered world
Which of the following
word(s) is not related to
earthquakes?
A. Richter scale
B. magnitude
C. ash
D. tremor
The following sentence is
an example of what
literary device?
Last year’s tsunami was
literally 2,000 feet high.
Place each of the words
in the correct order:
volcanoes are islands the
five Hawaiian formed
from all of
Place each of the words
in the correct order:
the weeks has for past the hot
excessively two been weather
Place each of the words
in the correct order:
of the extremely this three
recorded most were powerful
year and hurricanes
destructive in existence
Answer:
boom
pow
Answer:
The city sleeps
Answer:
alliteration
Answer:
repetition
Answer:
alliteration
“L” sound
Answer:
Donald Duck
Mickey Mouse
Minney Mouse
Answer:
hyperbole
Answer:
personification
Answer:
hyperbole
He’s so fluffy I could die
Answer:
alliteration
He has a vendetta;
revenge
Answer:
repetition
Answer:
2
Answer:
7
Answer:
personification
Answer:
hyperbole
Thanksgiving
Answer:
The ancient Egyptians
slept on pillows made of
stone
Answer:
The Hundred Years War
actually lasted 116 years.
Answer:
A lot of young American
men joined the army.
Answer:
The Black Death killed
more than half of
Europe’s population.
Answer:
Alexander the Great had
conquered nearly half the
known world by the time
he was 20 years old.
Answer:
(C) ash
Answer:
hyperbole
Answer:
All the five Hawaiian
islands are formed from
volcanoes.
Answer:
The weather has been
excessively hot for the
past two weeks.
Answer:
Three of the most
extremely powerful and
destructive hurricanes in
existence were recorded
this year.
Group Discussion
In your groups, (1) summarize the contents
covered in this activity, and (2) discuss
aspects that you are still confused about
(2 mins)
Homework Assignment
Complete In Charge 2 workbook pg. 66-67
Practices 4-6
Next Class: Unit 9 Review