CoT Quotes & Techniques
Name three important symbols or motifs in the novel.
The eggs, the German knife, boots, The Courtyard Hound, darkness vs. light, Leningrad landmarks, chess.
Where do David's grandparents live?
Florida
Who says, "There's no such thing as truth. It's bull***. Everyone has their own truth, and life just does whatever the *** it wants."
Tonya Harding
Who plays LaVona Golden in the film?
Allison Janney
What does poetry use instead of paragraphs?
Stanzas
What is the Latin term for 'coming-of-age'?
Bildungsroman
New Year's Eve
What technique is used when Tonya speaks to the camera?
Breaking the fourth wall/direct address
Where were the 1994 Winter Olympics held?
Lillehammer, Norway
What is the term for the repetition of vowel sounds in nearby words?
Assonance
Who developed the concept known as the Hero's Journey?
Joseph Campbell
Which finger does Lev lose during the fight with Abendroth?
His left index finger
Who says, "Generally, people either love Tonya or... not big fans. Just like people either love America or they're not big fans. Tonya was... totally American."?
Diane Rawlinson
To what charge did Jeff Gillooly plead guilty?
Racketeering
In poetry, what is the term for the continuation of a sentence without a pause beyond the end of a line?
Enjambment
Who says, "I'm not bringing them out here. Everyone's starving and everyone's got a gun."?
The Giant (cannibal)
What is the name of the protagonist in Kolya's 'novel' The Courtyard Hound?
Radchenko
Tonya says " I was the second most known person, behind __________, in the world. That meant something." Who was the most known person?
Bill Clinton
Tonya says she remembers her first date with Jeff because something happened earlier that day. What happened?
She had her stepbrother 'creepy Chris' arrested.
What is the term for a newly coined word or expression?
Neologism
Lev says, "I never understood people who said their greatest fear was public speaking, or spiders, or any of the other minor terrors. How could you fear anything more than....?" Than what?
Death
Abendroth and the other Nazis who visit the girls in the cabin are what kind of officers?
Einsatzgruppen
Named after the 1950 Akira Kurosawa film, which term describes different people presenting contradictory accounts of the same event?
The Rashomon Effect
In the '94 Winter Olympics, Tonya placed 8th, Nancy won silver... who won gold?
Oksana Baiul
What is the literary term for an understatement?
Litotes