Ok so i am in my first year and first term of c++ programming so i am not ashamed to admit i really dont know anything yet. I have written a number of small programs already but i am stumped on my current one.

I have to write a simple logic game that takes the input of three to five words, reads each character in individually and evaluates them to give back a score.
-The score starts at 20.
-Every time a vowel is entered, they lose a point
-But, if they entered two vowels in a row, they gain 5 points
-Capital letters gain them 3 points
-When they enter three letters in a sequence (abc or mno ) they get deducted 2 points
-Punctuation increases their score by 3 points if the first letter in the word is capitalized. Otherwise, it is a 3 point deduction.

Im not looking for the complete code, i want to figure that out myself. I just cannot figure out how to read each character and evaluate the point structure. any help would be greatly appreciated!