choose your own adventure
choose your own adventure noun: an interactive book or visual novel written from a second-person point of view, with the reader assuming the role of the protagonist and making choices that determine the main character's actions and the plot's outcome.
Noun
choose your own adventure (plural choose your own adventures)
- An interactive book or visual novel written from a second-person point of view, with the reader assuming the role of the protagonist and making choices that determine the main character's actions and the plot's outcome.
- Synonyms:
- CYOA
Synonyms of choose your own adventure
Forms of choose your own adventure
| plural | choose your own adventures |
|---|---|
| alternative form | choose-your-own-adventure |
Origin of choose your own adventure
From the Choose Your Own Adventure series of children's gamebooks which introduced this format.
Questions about choose your own adventure
- What does choose your own adventure mean?
- Choose your own adventure means an interactive book or visual novel written from a second-person point of view, with the reader assuming the role of the protagonist and making choices that determine the main character's actions and the plot's outcome.
- What part of speech is choose your own adventure?
- Choose your own adventure is a noun.
- What is the plural of choose your own adventure?
- The plural of choose your own adventure is choose your own adventures.
Words near choose your own adventure in the dictionary
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