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punctuation
parts of speech
genre
characters
parts of a story
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A punctuation mark placed between items on a list.
What is a comma?
100
This tells person, place or thing.
What is a noun?
100
The two broad categories of literature.
What is fiction and non-fiction?
100
Many modern novels have shifted to this focus in the stories.
What is character-driven novels?
100
These are the two building blocks of any story.
What are characters and plot?
200
This goes at the end of a independent clause?
What is a period and a semicolon?
200
These types of words show action. (hint: the answer is two words.)
What is an active verb?
200
This type of literature is characterized by being written twenty-plus years prior to the setting of the story.
What is historical fiction?
200
This is another name for a stereotypical character?
What is a 2-dimensional character?
200
This is the most important part of any story.
What is editing?
300
This goes at the beginning of a sentence and at the beginning of a proper noun.
What is a capital letter?
300
This part of speech modifies a noun.
What is an adjective?
300
This type of literature contains citations and is factual. The purpose is to learn.
What is non-fiction?
300
This is typically the best way to understand and show the reader your story.
What is dialogue?
300
This is when you explain the background of something in more than one paragraph and should be avoided at all costs.
What is an infodump?
400
This punctuation goes between two independent clauses and is not a period.
What is a semi-colon?
400
This part of speech modifies verbs and adjectives.
What is a adverb?
400
This type of literature focuses on what might happen eventually but hasn't yet.
What is science fiction?
400
All characters need these three things in order to make 3D characters.
What are character strengths, weaknesses, and goals?
400
These move your story forward.
What is characters [doing stupid things]?
500
What is the proper way to punctuate this sentence? I don't want to take a test said Sally
"I don't want to take a test," said Sally.
500
There are only three of these in all of the English language.
What are articles?
500
This type of literature requires the person to do research before writing.
What is all types of literature?
500
Only about 10% of what you know about this should show up in your story.
What is your character's background?
500
This makes the reader want to continue reading.
What is tension?