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Judges – things to listen for:

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Exciting beginning: Exciting beginning: Exciting beginning:
Does it start with action, Does it start with action, Does it start with action,
description, or dialogue description, or dialogue description, or dialogue
Setting description with Setting description with Setting description with ALL 5
ALL 5 senses: ALL 5 senses: senses:
Hear Hear Hear
See See See
Taste Taste Taste
Touch Touch Touch
smell smell smell

Rising action: plot has Rising action: plot has Rising action: plot has events that
events that made sense events that made sense made sense and lead to exciting
and lead to exciting and lead to exciting CLIMAX (big problem that must be
CLIMAX (big problem that CLIMAX (big problem that solved
must be solved must be solved
Problem: Is it believable? Problem: Is it believable? Problem: Is it believable? Layer?
Layer? Interesting? Layer? Interesting? Interesting?
Solution: Is it believable? Solution: Is it believable? Solution: Is it believable? Does it
Does it make sense? Does it make sense? make sense? Pacing?
Pacing? Pacing?
Reflected ending: Does the Reflected ending: Does the Reflected ending: Does the
character reflect about the character reflect about the character reflect about the past
past events in a meaningful past events in a meaningful events in a meaningful way?
way? way?
Narrative elements: Narrative elements: Narrative elements:
Figurative language? Figurative language? Figurative language?
Idioms? Idioms? Idioms?
Character Development? Character Development? Character Development?
Strong vocabulary? Strong vocabulary? Strong vocabulary?
Dialogue btw characters? Dialogue btw characters? Dialogue btw characters??

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