Genres
Define the genre of comedy.
What is a genre designed to make people laugh?
These are the three main character types in a story.
What are the protagonist, antagonist, and deuteragonist?
This is the point in the story where usually, the protagonist and antagonist have a big fight or some big conflict to which the story has been building.
What is exposition?
"She was walking her dog, I don't know," is an example of this.
What is dialogue?
This kind of genre usually involves world building and the creation of names that don't already exist.
What is fantasy?
The difference between these two genres is that both are written about a person, but one is written by that person and one was written by another about that person.
What are biographies and autobiographies?
This is the main character of a story.
What is a protagonist?
This is the point in the story after the big conflict where things are winding down to the end of the book.
What is falling action?
[The book was rough leather and smelled like cedar and pine. The pages were old and worn, yellowed with age and time and experience.] is an example of this.
What is description?
This is the part of a story that includes some kind of disagreement between two of the characters, usually opposing each other.
What is conflict?
The difference between these two genres is that one is one real things while one is on not-real things.
What is fiction and nonfiction?
This is the individual who opposes the main character in a story.
What is the antagonist?
This is the plot element used to set the scene and describe where the story is taking place.
What is setting?
This is the punctuation that quickly differentiates between dialogue and description.
What are quotation marks?
This is a story that is published and shorter than a novel, but longer than a short story.
What is a novella?
This is the type of fiction that comes from real events, and could be nonfiction if it ever happened.
What is realistic fiction?
These are some character traits of traditional hero protagonists.
What is kindness, bravery, loyalty, humor, courage, adventurousness, etc.?
This is the part of the story towards the beginning used to set up the story and let you know what it will be generally about.
What is exposition?
This is the thing that is usually told throughout a story about a certain character that explains why they are the way they are, why they do things, and more their motivations are.
What is backstory?
This is the person or people who wrote the book.
What is an author or authors?
This is the type of fantasy that takes place not in a fantasy world, but the world as we know it right now, with elements that are fantasy (magic powers, supernatural abilities and creatures, etc.)
What is urban fantasy?
This type of character is often confused with the antagonist, but is a protagonist with questionable morals and actions, often called a villain.
What is an antihero?
Name all 6 plot elements in order.
What is setting, exposition, rising action, climax, falling action, and resolution?
Describe first person, second person, third person omniscient, and third person limited.
What is using I and me pronouns, using you and you all pronouns, using they pronouns and knowing what the characters are doing, and using they pronouns and not knowing what the characters are doing?
Name and describe 5 genres. Each genre is worth 100 points and cannot have already been on the board.
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