1-Curious Incident of a Dog in the Nighttime
The author's name
Mark Haddon
The place, time and context in which a story occurs
Setting
What is Christopher's favourite colour?
Red
The main character in a literary work
Protagonist
The Main Character's Name in the Curious Incident of a Dog in the Nighttime
Christopher
The character that Christopher lives with at the beginning of the book
Father
A comparison using "like" or "as"
Simile
Why does Christopher believe he is really good at remembering things?
His mind works like a film.
A character or force in conflict with the main character
Antagonist
The dead dog's owner
Mrs. Shears
The book is set primarily in these two cities
London and Swindon
The device characterized by struggle between two opposing forces
Conflict
Who wrote a letter to Christopher?
His mother.
A character who acts a contrast to another character
Foil
The tool used to kill the dead dog
A garden fork
The two colors Christopher hates
Yellow and Brown
A person, place, or object which has a meaning in itself but represents other meanings as well
Symbol
What is Occam's Razor?
No more things should be presumed to exist than are absolutely necessary.
The name for characters that populate the world of a story but do not necessarily have a vital role in the main storyline
Tertiary Characters
The man who Mother moves to London with
Mr. Shears (Roger)
The reason Christopher decides to run away from home
He finds out his father lied about mother being dead
The formal term used to describe word choice
Diction
Who killed Wellington?
Christopher's father.
The second most important and present character in a story—often called a secondary main character
Deuteragonist
The elderly character who reveals to Christopher that his mother cheated on his father
Mrs. Alexander