Story Devices
This story device involves interrupting the plot to recreate an incident from an earlier time.
What is a flashback?
This is the main character in a story, often the one the plot revolves around.
What is the protagonist?
Quotation marks go around...
What is dialogue?
This word means to receive or agree to something.
What is 'accept'?
Use a this to separate three or more items or elements in a series. What punctuation mark should be used for this purpose?
What is a comma?
It's the anxiety a reader feels about what may happen next in a story.
What is suspense?
The character or force in conflict with the protagonist is known as this.
What is the antagonist?
When you have a question or exclamatory piece of dialogue, where do you put the punctuation?
What is, inside the quotation marks?
This word means with the exclusion of.
What is 'except'?
When two adjectives are used to describe a noun, what should be done?"
What is adding a comma between the adjectives?
An ending to a section, chapter, or book that leaves the reader in suspense is known as this.
What is a cliffhanger?
This type of character is not well-developed, and the reader doesn't know much about them.
What is a flat character?
Use a this after the speaker tag.
What is a comma?
Use 'affect' when you want to describe how something influences or changes, and use 'effect' when you want to talk about the result or outcome. These are both types of this word.
What are 'verbs'?
What are examples of introductory words or phrases should be preceded by a comma in a sentence?
What are words like 'well,' 'yes,' and 'therefore'?
This story device involves hints or clues suggesting what may happen later in a story.
What is foreshadowing?
This type of character is well-rounded and fully developed, with a depth of personality.
What is a round character?
For titles of publications that are parts of bigger publications, the bigger publication should be underlined or written in italics, while these punctuation marks are used for the titles.
What are quotation marks?
This word means close to or next to, while 'besides' means except for or in addition to.
What is 'beside'?
What is the role of a comma when a sentence begins with a prepositional phrase, adverbial clause, or dependent clause?"
What is separating it from the rest of the sentence?
This story device is a reference to a person, place, or event from literature, sports, history, movies, or the arts.
What is an allusion?
This type of character undergoes an important inner change during the story.
What is a dynamic character?
When a question ends with a dialogue in quotations, where does the question mark go?
Place the question mark outside of the quotation marks.
It's the possessive form of 'it' and it means something belongs to 'it.
What is 'its'?
In a sentence that begins with a direct quotation, where should the comma be placed in relation to the quotation marks?
What is inside the quotation marks before and after the direct quotation?