Mythology
The Greek Goddess of love
Who is Aphrodite?
A book by George Orwell depicting barn animals overthrowing their human owners to create an "equal" society
What is Animal Farm?
A wild exaggeration
What is a hyperbole?
A Marvel superhero known for his super-healing abilities and retractable claws
Who is Wolverine?
The partner of the infamous Sherlock Holmes
Who is Doctor John Watson?
Who is Osiris?
A story about a group of British boys who become stranded on an island, only to quickly lose their civility and humanity.
What is Lord of the Flies?
A character who remains largely the same throughout the course of the story
What is a static character?
Calvin's imaginary friend, in a popular comic written by Bill Watterson
Who is Hobbes?
An 18th century writer known for titles such as Sense and Sensibility, Persuasion, and Pride and Prejudice
Who is Jane Austen?
The name of The Monkey King in Chinese mythology
What is Sun Wukong?
A book by Chuck Palahniuk banned due to it's movie adaptation allegedly sparking real world violence.
What is Fight Club?
A narrative principle that states if a gun is hung on a wall in the first act of a story, it must be fired by the third act of the story.
What is Chekhov's Gun?
Lucy's rate for psychiatric help in The Peanuts
What is five cents/a nickel?
Who is Alvin the Treacherous?
A son of loki, and also an eight-legged horse
What is Sleipnir?
Margaret Atwood's futuristic dystopian novel depicting a world in which women serve the sole purpose of baring a child
What is The Handmaid's Tale?
A point of view that uses "you" when addressing the reader
What is second point of view?
The second man to take up the superhero mantle of The Flash
Who is Barry Allen?
The love interest of Anne in Anne of Green Gables
Who is Gilbert Blythe?
The two Goddess sisters in the Hawaiian myth related to the snowy peaks of Mauna Kea (an active volcano)
Who are Pele and Poli'ahu?
A book by Vladimir Nabokov, depicting the delusions of a child predator as he romanticizes his relationship with a young girl
What is Lolita?
An object that serves no relative purpose other than to trigger the plot. (EX: The Ark in Indiana Jones: Raiders of the Lost Ark)
What is a mcguffin?
A controversial DC superhero, put under fire for sharing a name with a Marvel superhero
Who is Captain Marvel/Shazam?
A genre of fiction, including books such as The Fox and the Hound, The Plague Dogs, Watership Down, and Warrior Cats
What is animal xenofiction?