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  2. Quizlet - Wikipedia

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    Also in 2016, Quizlet launched "Quizlet Live", a real-time online matching game where teams compete to answer all 12 questions correctly without an incorrect answer along the way. [15] In 2017, Quizlet created a premium offering called "Quizlet Go" (later renamed "Quizlet Plus"), with additional features available for paid subscribers.

  3. Mad Libs - Wikipedia

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    The cover of the first Stern and Price Mad Libs book Mad Libs is a word game created by Leonard Stern and Roger Price. It consists of one player prompting others for a list of words to substitute for blanks in a story before reading aloud. The game is frequently played as a party game or as a pastime. It can be categorized as a phrasal template game. The game was invented in the United States ...

  4. Joke - Wikipedia

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    It usually takes the form of a story, often with dialogue, and ends in a punch line, whereby the humorous element of the story is revealed; this can be done using a pun or other type of word play, irony or sarcasm, logical incompatibility, hyperbole, or other means. [2] Linguist Robert Hetzron offers the definition:

  5. List of narrative forms - Wikipedia

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    Epic poem – a lengthy story of heroic exploits in the form of a poem. Essay - a short literary composition that reflects the author's outlook or point; Fable – a didactic story, often using animal characters who behave like people. Fantasy – a story about characters that may not be realistic and about events that could not really happen.

  6. Category:Short stories by genre - Wikipedia

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    Mystery short stories (4 C, 24 P) P. Parables (2 C, 37 P) Post-apocalyptic short stories (1 C, 30 P) Pulp stories (1 C, 112 P) R. Romance short stories (3 P) S ...

  7. For sale: baby shoes, never worn - Wikipedia

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    Telling a story in very few words was dubbed flash fiction in 1992. The six-word limit in particular has spawned the concept of Six-Word Memoirs , [ 8 ] including a collection published in book form in 2008 by Smith Magazine , and two sequels published in 2009.

  8. Novella - Wikipedia

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    There is disagreement regarding the number of pages or words necessary for a story to be considered a novella, a short story or a novel. [2] The Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers Association defines a novella's word count to be between 17,500 and 40,000 words; [ 3 ] [ 4 ] at 250 words per page, this equates to 70 to 160 pages.

  9. List of the longest English words with one syllable - Wikipedia

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    Some nine-letter proper names remain monosyllabic when adding a tenth letter and apostrophe to form the possessive: Laugharne's / ˈ l ɑːr n z / [4] Scoughall's / ˈ s k oʊ l z / [12] In his short story, "Strychnine in the Soup", P. G. Wodehouse had a character whose surname was "Mapledurham", pronounced "Mum". This is eleven letters, while ...