This author skyrocketed to fame with her bestselling Harry Potter series.
Who is J. K. Rowling?
100
Now an international, all-ages event, NaNoWriMo was begun by a handful of American adults in this year. a) 1979 b) 1989 c) 1999 d) 2009
What is c) 1999?
100
This is typically the beginning section of a novel, in which we meet the main and supporting characters, and learn where the novel takes place.
What is the set-up/setting/introduction?
100
This is the literary term for a story’s main character.
What is the protagonist?
100
She is the author of the Hunger Games trilogy.
Who is Suzanne Collins?
200
This author singlehandedly transformed the fantasy genre with his Lord of the Rings series.
Who was J. R. R. Tolkien?
200
NaNoWriMo uses this noun (a synonym for “fiction book”) as a verb, to create simple statements such as "I ________" (meaning: “I’m writing a fiction book”).
What is “novel”?
200
This section of the plot is represented by the ascending part of a roller coaster.
What is the rising action?
200
This is the literary term for a tangible entity who is an enemy of (or obstacle to) the main character and his/her goal.
What is the physical antagonist?
200
He is the author of the popular Maze Runner series.
Who is James Dashner?
300
E. B. White is best known for this book about an 8-legged protagonist who helps a 4-legged friend evade the butcher’s block.
What is Charlotte’s Web ?
300
To “win” NaNoWriMo you must do this by Nov. 30.
What is reach your word count goal?
300
This point in the plot is represented as the peak of the roller coaster; it is often the most action-packed and a real nail-biter.
What is the climax?
300
This intangible entity is something big (like prejudice, or a disease) that is preventing the main character from reaching his/her goal.
What is the abstract antagonist?
300
Although it was published after the trilogy, this Maze Runner book actually acts as a prequel to the trilogy’s stories.
What is The Kill Order ?
400
This author summarized the superficiality of the Roaring 20s in books such as The Great Gatsby .
Who was F. Scott Fitzgerald?
400
Groups participating in NaNoWriMo often pick one day out of the month to hold a _____________, during which WriMos convene and work on their story for a whole afternoon, or even a whole day. Ours will include sleeping bags and maybe a pillow fort.
What is a Write In?
400
Also called the denouement, this part of the plot is where everything gets neatly wrapped up.
What is the resolution?
400
This is the term for a character who tells the story directly to the reader but, as it turns out over the course of the story, can not be trusted to give correct information.
What is an unreliable narrator?
400
According to Ray Bradbury’s book, this is the temperature at which books burn.
What is Fahrenheit 451 ?
500
This poet is best known for the works “The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock” and “The Waste Land”?
Who was T. S. Eliot?
500
To be successful in NaNoWriMo you need to temporarily banish this entity from your mind, because he/she will only slow you down.
Who is your Inner Editor?
500
This point in the plot is what really sets the story rolling; it triggers the main action of the story and signifies a point-of-no-return.
What is the inciting incident?
500
This is the literary term for a main character whose actions are less than honorable, often downright despicable, but the reader is charmed into rooting for him/her nevertheless.
What is an antihero?
500
Veronica Roth is the author of this popular book (& movie) series.