SC in Schools Python Definitions Worksheet: What is Python? to Text Adventure Game Design (Modules 64–73)
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Key terms
Write what each term means, in your own words.
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program
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#
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syntax error
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say()
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Colour.red
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Highlight.yellow
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Style.bold
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Colour.red + Highlight.yellow + Style.bold
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flowchart
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text adventure
Answer Key
SC in Schools Python · Modules 64–73 · Student wording will vary for definitions
1program — A set of instructions written in a programming language that tells a computer exactly what to do, step by step
2# — The symbol used in the editor to write comments, telling Python to ignore the rest of the line.
3syntax error — An error that occurs when Python cannot understand your code due to a typo, missing quote, or wrong bracket; Python stops and shows a message with the line number
4say() — A custom function that speaks text aloud using text-to-speech; the first argument is the text to speak and the second argument is the voice number
5Colour.red — A value joined to a string with + inside print() to change the colour of the displayed text
6Highlight.yellow — A value joined to a string with + inside print() to change the background highlight colour of the displayed text
7Style.bold — A value joined to a string with + inside print() to change the text style of the displayed text
8Colour.red + Highlight.yellow + Style.bold — Joining multiple dot-notation values together with + to apply colour, highlight, and style all at once
9flowchart — A visual diagram that maps a program's logic before coding, using ovals for start/end, rectangles for steps, and diamonds for yes/no decisions
10text adventure — A type of program where the player reads story text and types choices; built using print() for output, input() for choices, and if/elif/else for branching paths