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"Lit" Know-how
Sentenced
100

This abbreviation replaced the Latin phrase for "before Christ." 

What is B.C.E?

100

The name of the Black humanoid in the article on building a Black robot.

Who is Bina48?

100

Sometimes called sarcasm, it's expressing something one way but it's meaning or purpose is the exact opposite.

What is verbal irony?

100
You read something that foretells something that happens later in a story.

What is foreshadowing?

100

It's an independent clause that stands on its own.

What is a simple sentence?

200

He is credited with developing the first printing press in the West.

Who was (Johannes) Gutenberg?

200

The name of the material used to make the humanoid's skin.

What is frubber?

200

When the reader knows something the characters in a story don't know.

What is dramatic irony?

200
These "problems" are mostly external, but there's at least one that's internal.

What are conflicts?

200
The combination of an independent clause with a dependent clause.

What is a complex sentence?

300
It is the official organization that considers and approves new emojis.

What is the Unicode Consortium?

300

A person who seems to know a whole lot about a lot of things.

What is a polymath?

300

When the end of a story throws you a real curveball or has an unexpected twist.

What is situational irony?

300

It's the primary action in a story.

What's the plot?

300

It's two independent clauses joined together by a conjunction and comma or a semi-colon.

What is a compound sentence?

400

When a new technology or application has an unprecedented impact on cultures around the world, it can be said that it is "what" phenomenon?

What is global?

400

A source of inspiration.

What is a/the muse?

400

Between the title and the outcome, the winner in this story was caught between a rock and a hard place. 

What is "The Lottery"?

400

Another word for summary of a story.

What is synopsis?

400
It's two independent clauses with at least one dependent clause.

What's a compound-complex sentence?

500
The use of emojis proved to be more than just a passing fad or "what" by re-introducing picture-writing as an acceptable form of communication? 

What is a novelty?

500

It's a statement that is not logical in it's conclusion or relationship to the previous statement.

What is a non sequitur?

500

The protagonist in this story was so clever, she convinced her husband's colleagues to eat the evidence.

What is "Lamb to the Slaughter"?

500

We must have this "belief" in order to accept lots of events or incidents that happen in storytelling.

What is willful suspension of disbelief?

500

It's like a declarative sentence but gives an order or  command.

What is an imperative sentence?