Plot
Character
Narration
Dialogue and Stylistic Writing
Setting and Worldbuilding
100

This series which follows the hero's journey includes space battles, robots, genetic cloning, and laser swords.

What is Star Wars?

100

This character is the antithesis to both the Joker and Robin.

Who is Batman?

100

This narration style would apply if the story is told through a series of text messages.

What is second person narration?

100

"What's up Alex?" said Lucile.

"Nothing much, how bout you?" replied Alex.

This is an example of a ___, and should be avoided when writing dialogue unless it is used to introduce a new character.

What is a greeting?

100

This story takes place in a fictional setting, only accessible through an old wardrobe.

What is the "Lion the Witch and the Wardrobe" / "Narnia"?

200

This character is the mentor to both Frodo and Bilbo in the Hobbit and the Lord of the Rings.

Who is Gandalf (the Grey)?

200

This character follows both the Hero's Journey and the Villain's Journey, over the course of two subsequent science fiction trilogies.

Who is Anakin Skywalker / Darth Vader?

200

"As I walk through the door, I see a tall throne made of bronze." This is an example of ___-___ narration.

What is Real-Time Narration? (Daily Double)!!!!

200

"Hello, how are you?" Jean asked.

"I'm fine," Rick replied. BANG! Fireworks lit up the sky like a painting.

"That's epic!" Jean exclaimed.

What was the example of slang in this piece of dialogue?

What is "epic"?

200

In this story, the setting physically changes when power is in the wrong hands. The vast, fruitful plains become barren due to an overpopulation of hyenas.

What is the Lion King?

300

A genetically engineered spider causes this protagonist's "call to adventure".

Who is Spiderman?

300

This structural theme is followed by Hatchet, Terminator, Zootopia, and Lost.

What is Protagonist (Man) vs Environment?

300

"You did not kill the fish only to keep alive and to sell for food, he thought. You killed him for pride and because you are a fisherman. You loved him when he was alive and you loved him after. If you love him, it is not a sin to kill him. Or is it more?" said Santiago. This piece of writing is from Ernest Hemingway's "Old Man and the Sea". This is an example of ___ person narration.

What is third-person narration?

300

Rule #1: ___ before you write down your dialogue.

What is "say it out loud"?

300

This story uses worldbuilding to explain how the world was segregated between the four main elements: Earth, Fire, Water, and Air. This world has a prophecy in which a reincarnation of a hero will save the world.

What is Avatar?

400

The climax of this book involves a meeting in the "cornucopia", a forest fire, and the survival of the protagonist and their supporter.

What is the Hunger Games?

400

This Shakespearean Play is about the villain. Following the Villain's Journey, this play shows how a loyal servant of the kingdom ends up killing his king, becoming a tyrant, and dying because he is a villain.

What is Macbeth?

400

The Hunger Games is an example of ___ narration.

What is first-person narration?

400

In the active voice, the ___ performs the action stated by the verb. In the passive voice, the ___ has an action done to it.

What is the subject?

400

Harry Potter is an example of a story that uses a ___ magic system.

What is a soft magic system?

500

In this series, unlike most other stories, the resolution includes a second climax. In this story, the returning protagonists need to use the skills they learned during their quest to save their home town from bandits. Having returned on giant eagles, they save the day.

What is the Lord of the Rings?

500

___ and ____ are the main antagonizer and comic relief in Aladin.

Who are Iago and the Genie?

500

Leo Tolstoy's "War and Peace" has a third-person narrator who knows what everyone is doing, thinking, and feeling at all times. The narrator of War and Peace is ___.

What is omniscient?

500

"... but we in it shall be remembered-we few, we happy few, we band of brothers; for he today that sheds his blood with me shall be my brother; be he ne’er so vile, this day shall gentle his condition; and gentlemen in England now-a-bed shall think themselves accursed they were not here, and hold their manhoods cheap whiles any speaks that fought with us upon Saint Crispin’s day." - Henry V, "Henry V" by William Shakespeare. This piece of dialogue where one person speaks for a long period of time is an example of a ___.

What is a monologue?

500

This series of books uses a combination of pre-existing mythology and fantasy in its worldbuilding, resulting in Greek Gods appearing in the modern-day. This series focusses on the son of one of these gods, a reincarnation of a mythological hero.

What is Percy Jackson?