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The document outlines a group project where participants create a Mad Libs style program that prompts users for words to complete a humorous story. It includes instructions on how to implement the program, examples of user input and output, and suggestions for adding creativity to exceed basic requirements. Additionally, it specifies submission guidelines, emphasizing the need to submit a .py file for grading.

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Group Project 1

The document outlines a group project where participants create a Mad Libs style program that prompts users for words to complete a humorous story. It includes instructions on how to implement the program, examples of user input and output, and suggestions for adding creativity to exceed basic requirements. Additionally, it specifies submission guidelines, emphasizing the need to submit a .py file for grading.

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Group Project 1: Clever Stories

Overview

Mad Libs are a type of funny story, where a person is asked for words without knowing their
context. The words are then placed into a story in a pre-determined format, often resulting
in funny statements.

For example, consider prompts for:


• Plural noun

• Verb

• Adjective

• Noun

And a story, such as:

When it comes to [plural-noun], you would never want to [verb], especially if you
encountered a [adjective] [noun].

A person, may respond to the prompts with the following:

• Plural noun: ducks

• Verb: jump

• Adjective: cold

• Noun: taco

Then the story would read:

When it comes to ducks, you would never want to jump, especially if you encountered a cold
taco.

Instructions
For this assignment, you will implement a program that asks the user for a series of words
and then displays the story with the user's words inserted into the appropriate places.

The program should begin by asking the user for each of the words. It should then, fill those
words into the appropriate places in the story.

To begin, please use the following story:

The other day, I was really in trouble. It all started when I saw a very
[adjective] [animal] [verb] down the hallway. "[exclamation]!" I yelled. But all
I could think to do was to [verb] over and over. Miraculously,
that caused it to stop, but not before it tried to [verb]
right in front of my family.

Make sure to match the punctuation and spacing of the original story exactly (for example,
you should not put your words on their own line, they should fit naturally into the story).

Also, make it so that the "exclamation" word is automatically capitalized, because it starts a
new sentence.

Sample Output
Here is an example of how your program might work:
Please enter the following:

adjective: happy
animal: zebra
verb: sneeze
exclamation: hooray
verb: read
verb: drive

Your story is:

The other day, I was really in trouble. It all started when I saw a very
happy zebra sneeze down the hallway. "Hooray!" I yelled. But all
I could think to do was to read over and over. Miraculously,
that caused it to stop, but not before it tried to drive
right in front of my family.

Another example, where the user typed different values might look like this:
Please enter the following:

adjective: tired

animal: snail

verb: yell

exclamation: oh no

verb: sing

verb: skip

Your story is:

The other day, I was really in trouble. It all started when I saw a very

tired snail yell down the hallway. "Oh no!" I yelled. But all

I could think to do was to sing over and over. Miraculously,

that caused it to stop, but not before it tried to skip

right in front of my family.

Showing Creativity and Exceeding Requirements


As stated in the course syllabus, for each of the projects this semester, you'll be provided
with the core requirements, or minimum standard expectations. If you complete those
requirements, you are eligible for a 70% on the assignment. However, to be eligible for a
100% on the assignment, you will need to do something to show creativity and exceed these
core requirements.

For this assignment, here are some ideas of how you might show creativity in addition to the
core requirements:

• Consider adding more to the story, including several more words that will be filled in.
• If you have previous experience with topics that we will see later in the semester,
consider a sentence that has an "a" or "an" in front of your word, and let the
program fill in the right one.

• You can also do anything else you can think of. Remember, the goal here is to
experiment with different ideas and to have fun.

Once you have added something extra to the program, you need to add a comment
explaining your addition so the grader knows to look for it. Please add a comment at the
beginning of the file describing your addition in 1-2 sentences. A comment is a line of code
that begins with the pound # character.

Important: In order to receive credit for showing creativity, you must include a comment (a
line that begins with # ) on line 1 of the program that describes in 1-2 sentences what you
have added.

Submission
When you have finished your program:

Return to google classroom to submit your code.

Make sure to submit a groupname_project-1.py file.

When you created your Python program, you should have created it as a .py file. This lets
your computer know that it is a program that can be run. Similarly, when you upload your
program to google classroom to submit it for grading you must upload the .py file.

If you submit a picture of your program, such as a .jpg or .png file, or submit it in a text
format such as a .txt or .docx file, then we will not be able to grade it. Please make sure to
submit a .py file.

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