On Writing
Short Stories
White Noise
Writing Skills
Misc.
100
This is the name of Stephen King's first novel.
What is Carrie?
100
This is the name of Poe's story about a man who kills and dismembers a body.
What is Tell-Tale Heart?
100
This is the name of the novel's main character.
Who is Jack Gladney?
100
This is the first step in the writing process, which occurs before drafting.
What is brainstorming or outlining?
100
This is what you should put your writing in for a while before revising.
What is the crock pot?
200
This is what Stephen King organizes all of his writing skills in.
What is a toolbox?
200
This is the author of Rip VanWinkle.
Who is Washington Irving?
200
This is the name of the town that the main character and family live in.
What is Blacksmith?
200
These are the three ways that you can separate independent clauses.
What is period; comma conjunction; semicolon
200
This is the author of the last essay in your book The Journey.
Who is Phillip Dewald?
300
These are Stephen Kings three words of advice.
What is "omit needless words."?
300
This is the genre of literature that Jack London's work is part of.
What is realism?
300
Exposure to Nyodene causes a person to experience this phenomenon.
What is Deja vu?
300
This piece of punctuation is used to show a sudden change of thought or to add emphasis.
What is a dash?
300
This is a phrase that means eliminate needless words.
What is "Trim the fat."
400
This is the end of the following phrase: "Don't come lightly to the ____ ____."
What is "blank page"?
400
This is the country that the couple in "Hills Like White Elephants" is traveling through.
What is Spain?
400
This is the first term used to describe the airborne toxic event.
What is feathery plume?
400
This is the term used to describe two independent clauses joined with no punctuation.
What is a run-on?
400
This is what you build in your brain when you read.
What are synaptic bridges?
500
This is what Stephen King believes is at the root of all bad writing.
What is fear?
500
This is what Emily teaches in the story "A Rose for Emily"?
What is China painting?
500
This is what Steffie whispers in her sleep during the airborne toxic event.
What is Toyota Celica?
500
These are three reasons one would use a comma.
What is items in a list, divide city/state, independent clauses, introductory material, non-essential items.
500
This is the last word in your book The Journey.
What is "trophy"?
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