Fostering Archetypes
Diction, Rhythm, Mood
Spectacle
Long Story Short
Word Synonym Puzzles: Rock n' Roll
100

Macbeth being "steeped" far in blood; Ophelia's tragic drowning; Victor crossing the sea into Ireland.

What is Ireland?

100

If there is no dialogue, then there is this. You have only two options to work with when crafting words on a page.

What is Narration?

100

The main aspect of setting, which are the places where the story happens.

What is Setting?

100

The unnamed girl and pressing guy are not only trying to determine whether they should get on which train, but something far more important.

What is "Hills Like White Elephants"?

100

You (21st letter)

Also (2nd number)

Who is U2?

200

Hamlet references the Bible's Jephthah, the Monster references Paradise Lost, and the Naval Officer references Coral Island.

What is Intertextuality?

200

One references the author's feeling toward a situation, the other is the audience's/characters' feeling based on the unfolding of the situation. 

What are tone and mood?

200

While visualization is the main aspect of spectacle, the other primary aspect is this.

What is Sound?

200

A young man leaves his wife Faith in order to meet a nefarious figure deep in the woods of Salem.

What is "Young Goodman Brown"?

200

Definite Article

Primary rhythmic unit in music + ___ Miserables

Who are The Beatles

300

The car imagery in Gatsby; the "angel" soaring away in "A Very Old Man with Enormous Wings"; Victor chasing down the Monster.

What is Flight?

300

The depth of human experience as established when an author makes a powerful situation unfold that fills us with awe and compassion, as well as some fear. The word means "cleansing" or "purification."

What is Catharsis?

300

A kind of imagery closely tied to symbolism: Daisy's white dress; Macbeth's red hands; Hamlet's black cloak; Brave New World London's chrome buildings and different castes' attires.

What is Color?

300

Two bartenders are about ready to close, except for a deaf old man who wants to keep drinking.

What is "A Clean, Well-Lighted Place"?
300

Metal used in pencils

German blimp

Who is Led Zeppelin?

400

The storminess when the Three Witches show up; windiness around the Grange and Heights, especially when Heathcliff comes around; rain when Gatsby and Daisy meet.

What is Weather?

400

One of the most poignant, subtle ways of deepening meaning is when an author does this to characters and places in the story. Huxley does this constantly in Brave New World (i.e. Bernard Marx, The Hatchery, etc.).

What is Naming?

400

What and how the character speaks, such as Nelly's talkativeness, Hamlet's back-and-forth contemplation, Victor's verbal self-abuse, etc.

What is Voice?
400

A boy in Ireland desperately wants to impress a girl, hoping to accomplish this at the annual bazaar/carnival, only to have his hopes crushed and worldview jaded in the process.

What is "Araby"?

400

Angry Color

Spicy

Meaty winter soup

Household shaker filled with black specks

Who are the Red Hot Chili Peppers?

500

The Monster, alone, learns to cook berries and other food in fires that he conjured; Banquo's ghost appears during the coronation feast.

What is Communion?

500

While this doesn't make a story better, it always does make it more interesting, and if it is done well, then it is both better and interesting. After all, life is more clearly seen if looked at through many different lenses. This is also a term for creating three dimensions in art.

What is Perspective?

500

As Polonius said, the "apparel oft proclaims the man," as well as facial features, hair, build, etc.

What is Physical Appearance?

500

Kugelmass figures out that he can enter any book he wants, which changes the outcome of the book; but the poor, pathetic sap chooses to have an affair with Madame Bovary, much to his peril.

What is "The Kugelmass Episode"?

500

Onomatopoeia spelling of sleeping sounds

A kind of hat, or reverse of bottom

Who is ZZ Top?

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