Vocabulary
This H-word mean: A trick or prank to fool someone
Hoax
This is the final part of a five-part story arc.
Resolution
In African Icons, we learned that this leader was the richest man in history.
Mansa Musa
Despite what people may think, this woman's cow did not start the Great Chicago Fire.
Mrs. O'Leary
According to the Inklings, this is the part of a sentence that tells us who said a quote.
Dialogue tag
This I-word means: "done in a perfectly clean, neat, or tidy manner"
Immaculate
"Her hair was dark brown, pulled back into a bun," is an example of which type of characterization?
Direct Characterizaion
This character in The Wollstonecraft Detective Agency is the real life historical figure credited with creating the first computer.
Charles Babbage
Amelia Earhart and her navigator, Fred Noonan, disappeared in this aircraft.
The Electra
According to the Inklings, these are the TWO types of third-person narration.
Limited and All-Knowing (Omniscient)
This R-word means: "To speak to someone in an angry or critical way"
Rebuke
This is where the comma goes in the following sentence:
"Not so fast!" Mary said grabbing the thief by the collar.
"Not so fast!" Mary said, grabbing the thief by the collar.
In Amelia Lost, we learned that when young Amelia was told at school that girls couldn't play this sport, she just made her own girls team.
Basketball
Either of the radio operators on the Titanic.
Jack Phillips or Harold Bride
According to the Inklings, the four mystery types are Theft, Environment, Object/Person and... this.
Disappearance.
This S-word means to assume or guess something without knowing for sure
Surmise
Seeing these on a page can tell us that a passage has faster narrative pacing.
Short sentences.
In Titanic Out of Time, Henry got a job on the ship working for this real life historical millionaire.
John Jacob Astor
This is how much money D.B. Cooper demanded after hijacking a plane: $20,000; $100,000; $200,000; or $1 million.
$200,000
According to the Inklings, the reasons for starting a new paragraph are: new speaker, new setting, new idea, new time, or... this.
Dramatic Effect
This C-word means: To cleverly get around a rule or obstacle
Circumvent
In a story arc, this alliterative term is the name for the event that begins the rising action.
Inciting Incident
In African Icons, we learned that there was no place to stop while crossing the Sahara desert until a woman named Bouctou created this trading post that developed into a major city.
Timbuktu
This man disappeared while on a mission to find the secret to eternal life for the Emperor of China.
Hsu Fu
This Inklings refer to this as "the heartbeat of a story."
Mood