Term Definitions
The term for the emotions experienced by the reader as a result of the events of the story.
What is mood?
Name the piece of punctuation in the word DIDN'T
What is an apostrophe?
The highest point on the plot graph of "The Dinner Party" was when the snake was revealed and slithered on to the veranda. Name this point on the plot graph.
What is the climax?
This is the main ingredient when creating glass.
What is sand?
The term for a character who only shows one side of his/her personality throughout the story, such as the dumb jock or the crooked politician.
What is a flat character?
This word can be replaced by a semicolon when joining two full and related sentences.
What is 'and'?
In "The Cemetery Path", the narrator only has access to the thoughts and ideas going on in Ivan's head. Name this method of narration.
What is third person limited?
This symbol on a phone or keyboard is called an octothorpe. By what name is it more commonly referred?
Hashtag
The term for the point on the plot graph immediately after the climax, when characters are dealing with the result of the most intense conflict of the story.
What is the falling action?
This piece of punctuation can be used to give readers a heads up that the writer is about to provide an explanation.
What is a colon?
In "I've Got Gloria", we argued whether the author sides more with Scott or Mrs. Whitman. Name the short story term for an author's feelings toward his/her subject matter.
What is tone?
Even though it is a mythical creature and not actually an existing animal, the unicorn is the national animal of what country?
This is the term for a character, such as the protagonist, who is capable of change and demonstrates this ability over the course of the story.
What is a dynamic character?
How many commas need to be added to the following sentence:
"Check yourself" Elijah warned "before you wreck yourself."
TWO
"Check yourself," Elijah warned, "before you wreck yourself."
In "The Cemetery Path", the first introduction of conflict is when the Lieutenant issues Ivan a challenge. Name this point on the plot graph.
What is the initial incident?
Only one team in the NFL uses a plant for a logo, and it is the fleur-de-lis. Name this team.
The New Orleans Saints
A theme is the message, moral or lesson of a story. Name one of the three criteria we discussed that a statement must meet in order to be considered a theme.
A theme must be stated in a full sentence; it must be universal (applicable to multiple stories) and it must be controversial (not everyone will agree with it).
Provide an example of the type of connecting word (conjunction) that should be preceded by a semicolon.
However or therefore
Name the story that fits the following theme: "Everyone loses in a war, regardless of what side wins."
What is The Sniper?
Ashrita Furman holds the Guiness World Record for having the most number of world records. How many records does he currently hold? (Closest number wins the points).
531 records, including the record for walking in the heaviest shoes, and the most baseballs held in a glove at one time.