Story Mountain
Provides information, usually in the first act
What is exposition?
First paragraph
What is the introduction?
An adjective that means very strict
What is authoritarian?
Ends a sentence
What is a period?
A person, place, or thing (tangible or otherwise)
What is a noun?
An event that kicks off the action of the story and establishes the conflict or problem
What is the inciting incident?
Last paragraph
What is the conclusion?
An obscenity or profanity
What is an expletive?
Ends a question
What is a question mark?
An action
What is a verb?
The plot points or events that build up tension to the climax
What is rising action?
Paragraphs between the intro and conclusion that have topic sentences and supporting sentences
What are body paragraphs?
Full of exaggerated self-importance
What is pompous?
Indicates posession or a contraction
What is an apostrophe?
A describing word
What is an adjective?
The highest point of tension in a story where a main character makes a major choice that has consequences
What is the climax?
The main idea of an entire essay, usually the last sentence in the introduction
What is the thesis statement?
A verb that means to vary or rise and fall
What is fluctuate?
Used in place of a period when you don't want to finish the sentence yet
What is a semicolon?
Describes an action, tends to end in '-ly'
What is an adverb?
The conclusion of a narrative that ties up any loose ends or any character's unfinished business
What is the resolution?
The first sentence in the introduction that grabs the reader's attention
What is the opening hook?
To steal small amounts at a time
What is pilfer?
Separates clauses (sections of a sentence) and items in a list
What is a comma?
A word that refers to a person without using their name
What is a pronoun?