9M 25/11/22 | Baamboozle - Baamboozle | The Most Fun Classroom Games!

English 21 Public

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Correct or incorrect? Fix it if needed: Sarah always knew that she would become a composer one day, John didn't know what to do with his life.

Incorrect. E.g.: Sarah always knew that she would be a composer one day, but John didn't know what to do with his life.

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"Between a rock and a hard place" or "Between Scylla and __________"

Charybdis

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Which best describes Odysseus?

Lazy, unintelligent, brave

Evil, faithless, cruel

Smart, clever, willing to make hard choices

Faithful, weak, forgiving

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Odysseus' wife was named_______.

Penelope

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Odysseus' son was named ___________.

Telemachus

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The Sirens were________

Friends with Penelope

Beautiful and safe

Magical and dangerous

Bad singers

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If you know you are about to encounter Sirens, you should...

Plug your ears

Steal the cows of Helios

Drink one of Circe's potions

Eat a lotus

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Penelope tested Odysseus by talking about ________ their bed.

moving

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Polyphemus had only one __________.

eye

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Is this sentence grammatically correct or incorrect? Whenever I smell fish, I plug my nose.

Correct

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The sentence that tells the main point of your essay is the __________.

thesis statement

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Spice up this sentence with sensory details (show, don't tell): I felt anxious about the test.

Answers will vary.

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Kim Laskey's "The Bed That Is A Tree" is told from the perspective of ...

Penelope

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What is the raven's catchphrase in Poe's "The Raven"?

Nevermore

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True or false: It is safe to be around Odysseus if you are one of Penelope's suitors.

False

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The narrators of the "Yellow Wallpaper" and "The Tell-Tale Heart" have this in common:

They both narrate their stories in the third person.

They both kill someone.

They are both women.

They are both unreliable narrators.

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