Genres
Tropes
Reading/Writing Terms
Literary Devices
Shakespeare
200

The one where people fall in love (couldn't be me, I'm just a Jeopardy board, I don't deserve love).

Romance
200

A group of friends coming together and strengthening their bonds.

Found Family

200

My creator ran out of ideas here. Have some free points.

[insert that meme of Zac Efron shrugging here]

200

A comparison between two seemingly unrelated things without the use of "like" or "as".

Metaphor
200

About how many plays didst Shakespeare writeth?

37-38

400

Stories in this genre usually involve advanced technology, theories, and can serve as moral lessons.

Science Fiction

400

The person the protagonist can't help crushing on (or vice versa 👀).

The Love Interest

400

A way for authors to bestow a high honour on a person (or small group of people) they want to praise or otherwise spotlight.

Dedications

400

The formation of a word from a sound associated with what is named.

Onomatopoeia

400

What is hath believed to beest Shakespeare's first play?

King Henry VI

600

Detective story, murder mystery, and police novels are terms used to describe narratives in this genre.

Crime

600

A hurt or "defective" creature that must be adopted or cared for.

The Defective Animal

600

What is the process of book layout design called?

Typesetting

600

Words related to each other by virtue of being derived from a common origin.

Cognates

600

Nameth three of Shakespeare's most popular plays.

Romeo and Juliet

Hamlet

Macbeth

A Midsummer Night's Dream

Othello

The Tempest

800

A common genre meant to make you laugh and feel good.

Comedy

800

No matter the threat/damage, that one specific character always survives.

Plot Armour

(I'll also take invincibility or just "lack of skill".)

800

Printing that goes beyond the Trim Size of the page.

Bleed

800

Repetition at the end of successive statements.

Epistrophe

800

What is Shakespeare's most did produce play?

A Midsummer Night's Dream

1000

Comedy's more "evil" twin.

Dark Comedy

1000

Abandoned places like homes, towers, graveyards, etc. Or forests. Forests work. You know what, why not both in one go? Especially if there's fog. We love fog in this house.

Creepy Settings

1000

A publication's editorial leader who has final responsibility for its operations and policies.

Editor-In-Chief

1000

Repetition at the beginning of successive statements.

Anaphora

1000

What is the w'rd counteth of Shakespeare's longest play?

29,551

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