Creative Fiction Jeopardy

Genre

100

Draws from scientific knowledge and speculation in its plot. Settings are outer space and in the way future. Characters could be robots, cyborgs, etc. 

Sci-Fi

200

Form characterized by elements of death, gloom, fear, and suspense. Characters could be ghosts, clowns, etc.

Horror Fiction

300

Form in which detective or other professional, solves, a crime or series of crimes. Settings could be anywhere but traditionally it's someones' home or mansion

Mystery

400

Stories that could have actually occurred in a believable setting. Settings could be anywhere we consider ordinary.

Realistic Fiction

500

Real events, fake people.

Historical Fiction

Plot Structure

100

Introduction of characters, setting, genre, and conflicts.

Exposition

200

Main event or turning point; moment of highest tension where the story changes forever

Climax

300

Result of actions in the climax, winds down the story to the resolution; where we see who's left standing after the battle

Falling Action

400

Event that sets the primary conflict in motion

Inciting Incident

500

Conflict that occurs 'between the ears'

Internal Conflict

Character

100

Conflict between character and external forces; could be anything from the outside world that interferes with our character

External Conflict

200

This character type is complex and fully developed; we know a lot about their lives as readers 

Round Character

300

Character represented through only one or two main features; can be summed up quickly

Flat Character

400

This type of character stretches; they start off feeling one way but change as a result of challenges they've overcome

Dynamic

500

With conflict, characters are tested and must overcome challenges or obstacles in order to learn and grow as people (two words)

Character Development

Dialogue

100

Conversation between two or more characters in a literary work

Dialogue

200

Every new line of dialogue should get its own...

Paragraph

300

The term for establishing who is speaking after a line of dialogue (only used to establish who the speakers are and then can disappear). 

Dialogue Tag

400

Does punctuation go inside or outside the quotation marks? " " 

Inside of course!

500

When using a dialogue tag, (he said, she said, etc.) is the word following the quote uppercase or lowercase? 

"I love bowling," He said.

"I love bowling," he said. 

Lowercase

"I love bowling," he said

Teacher Trivia

100

This teacher has two young kiddos: Connor and Claire

MacMillan

200

This teacher claims to be related to Carrie Underwood

Cutliffe

300

This teacher is a prominent member of the climate committee and always keeps rice Krispie treats in her closet

Violette

400

This teacher traveled to Mordor (aka New Zealand), found a wedding band, and used it in a proposal. 

Macmillan

500

This teacher's favorite instrument is the drums. 

Davis