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Stupid Moves Elements of What?
Trip to AlabamaWeird
WatsonsFigurative Language
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Final Jeopardy
$200 Answer:Category 1
They told him not to get one and he disobeyed them. They are also worried that he isn’t
proud of his heritage.
$400 Question:Category 1
What does Momma do when she catches Byron playing
with matches? Why does she react this way?
$400 Answer:Category 1
Momma tries to burn Byron’s fingers after she catches him playing with matches. She reacts this way because she
is worried about him burning down the house.
$500 Answer:Category 1
Byron wants to help Kenny get his gloves back and
makes Larry Dunn the “star” in The Great Carp Escape.
He does this because he cares about Kenny, but he
gets carried away with being mean and enjoys hurting
Larry.
$400 Answer:Category 2
The setting is important to the novel because it shows
the danger to African-Americans traveling in the south in that time period. It also moves the plot along and influences the decisions
made by characters.
$500 Answer:Category 2
This section of the novel gives more information about the bombing. It also shows that the tragedy didn’t stop
African-Americans from working to get their rights.
$100 Answer:Category 3
They are taking Byron there to drop him off at his
grandmother’s house. He is supposed to spend the
summer there.
$500 Answer:Category 3
Momma is trying to keep them from running into
people who are prejudiced and may cause them harm.
$200 Question:Category 4
Who saves Byron from getting burned by his mother
and what does this person think Byron’s punishment
should be?
$200 Answer:Category 4
Joey, who blows out the matches, saves Byron. She
thinks that Byron should receive a whipping from his
father.
$500 Question:Category 4
Why does Kenny keep playing with LJ even though LJ keeps stealing his dinosaurs? What does this tell us about Kenny?
$500 Answer:Category 4
Kenny doesn’t have any other friends, so he hangs out with LJ. This tells us that Kenny is a lonely boy in need of a good
friend.
$100 Answer:Category 5
Definition-Extreme exaggeration
Example-“It was about a zillion degrees below zero.”
$200 Answer:Category 5
Definition:When a non-human thing is given human qualities
or abilities.
Example: “The lights knocked some of the
darkness out of the way and we felt safe again.”
$300 Answer:Category 5
Definition-when two unlike things are compared using like or as
Example: “The thermostat was turned all the way up and the
furnace was banging and sounding like it was about to blow up but it still felt like Jack Frost
has moved in with us.”
$400 Answer:Category 5
Definiton-A comparison between two unlike things when in which one thing becomes another thing
Example- “I’ve been looking in the mirror wondering where my
babies were and where these three bad-dispositioned, sour-
faced, middle-age midgets came from.”
$500 Answer:Category5
Definition-A symbol in literature is an object, person, or event that represents
an idea or a set of ideas.
Example-In chapter ten the Watsons pull off into the dark and deserted rest stop in the mountains. The dark may
symbolize racism and prejudice in America. The Watsons and the Brown
Bomber may symbolize perseverence or hope.