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100

people, places, things

What are nouns?

100

The beginning of a story; getting to know characters 

What is exposition?

100

punctuation that must be included to connect coordinating conjunctions

What is a comma?

100

the author or narrator's attitude towards the subject

What is a tone?

100
How the author wants the reader to feel about their writing

What is mood?

200

actions

What are verbs?

200

Things start to get more interesting in the story

What is rising action?

200

these types of nouns must be capitalized

What are proper nouns?

200

dialogue is connected to a dialogue tag with this piece of punctuation. 

What is a comma?

200

Sentence structure

What is syntax?

300
connects words, phrases, or clauses

What are conjunctions?

300

the turning point of a story

What is the climax?

300
Every sentence needs to have this at the end.

What is punctuation (period, exclamation point, or a question mark?

300

Shakespeare famously wrote 154 of this type of poem.

What is a sonnet?

300

the message an author wants you to learn reading their work

What is theme?

400

describe verbs

adverbs

400

Things start to take care of themselves; problems start to be solved

What is falling action?

400

A complete sentence is composed of these three parts

What are subject, verb, and a complete thought?

400

an informative and persuasive film.

What is a documentary?

400

word choice

What is diction?

500
describe nouns

adjectives

500

The end of a story

What is the resolution? 

500
pronouns must agree in these two classifications

What are gender and number?

500

a literary term that means a situation in which there is a contrast between expectation and reality

What is irony?

500

The choices an author makes (including diction, syntax, tone, and mood)

What is style?