Commonly misspelled words
Punctuation Marks
Parts of Speech
Vocab
Five Points of Plot
100
cuz
What is "because?"
100
The mark you use to end a sentence.
What is a period?
100
A person, place, thing, or idea.
What is a noun?
100
The main character/hero of the story. Usually the person we see or hear from the most.
What is the protagonist?
100
The ending of the story.
What is the resolution?
200
IDK
What is "I don't know."
200
The mark that notes a pause in the sentence. We usually use them when we're listing things out.
What is a comma?
200
The type of word we use to describe action in a sentence.
What is a verb?
200
The main villain/person opposed to the protagonist in a story.
What is an antagonist?
200
The most exciting part of the story. At the "top of the roller coaster" if you want to think about it that way.
What is the climax?
300
defiantly
What is "definitely?"
300
The two short lines at the beginning and end of sentence that tell us someone in the story is talking.
What are quotation marks?
300
A word that modifies a noun or pronoun. We know them as our "description" words.
What is an adjective?
300
A conversation between people in a story.
What is dialogue?
300
When the story starts to build excitement. The main parts of the plot are put into action.
What is rising action?
400
Two words people often mix up. One shows possession of something, while the other describes what someone is doing.
What are your and you're?
400
This type of letter should always be at the beginning of the sentence.
What is a capital letter?
400
A word or words that add feeling or emotion to a sentence. These are almost always the first word of the sentence.
What is an interjection?
400
The feeling of excitement about the unknown that an author creates.
What is suspense?
400
When the story begins to wind down and move toward the ending.
What is falling action?
500
Three words people often mix up. One is possessive, one shows location, and the other is a contraction.
What are there, their, and they're?
500
This thing :
What is a colon?
500
A word that modifies a verb or adjective. These usually end in "-ly."
What is an adverb?
500
The way the writer creates and develops characters.
What is characterization?
500
The introduction to the story. We learn about the characters and setting for the first time.
What is the exposition?
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