Stories
Media
Drama
Poetry
Philosophy
100

Type of fiction that details the end of the world

What is apocalyptic/post-apocalyptic fiction

100

Type of bias that attacks the character of a person rather than the arguments and ideas

What is ad hominem?

100

These three ideas make up the classical unities of drama

What are unity of time, unity of place, and unity of action?

100

The repetition of beginning consonant sounds.

What is alliteration?

100

This philosopher was a key figure in Skepticism

Who is Rene Descartes?

200

A feature of science fiction that emphasizes the strange location

What is displacement/dislocation?

200

A term weaponized by people, oftentimes politicians, to discredit legitimate media that criticizes them

What is "fake news"?

200

Drama has traditionally been categorized into these two genres.

What are tragedy and comedy?

200

The speaker of "Daddy" compares her father to this.

Who are the Nazis?

200

This thought experiment asks people to choose between killing one person or five people

What is the trolley problem?

300

"Flowers for Algernon" is this type of narrative.

What is epistolary fiction?

300

False information spread around accidentally.

What is misinformation?

300

This object symbolizes the need and terror of being seen by others in No Exit.

What is mirror/glass?

300

A genre of poetry that emerged in the mid 20th century that focused on the inner psychologies and private lives of poets. 

What is confessional poetry?

300

This story explores the relationship between the physical body and a thinking mind.

What is The Matrix?

400

The lines that enclose an image in a graphic novel.

What are frames?

400

The metaphor used for people only receiving ideas they already agree with.

What is echo chamber?

400

This symbolizes journeys and in-betweenness in Customs.

What is the airport?

400

This figure in "Caged Bird" that "names the sky his own."

What is the free bird?

400

This philosophical idea promotes people to create their own meaning in life by using free will and living authentically

What is Existentialism?

500

This symbol/image in Maus represents the idea that identity is fluid and often socially constructed.

What is the animal mask?

500

Term for the action the receiver of a message does to understand a messsage.

What is decoding?

500

The artificiality of the set of Customs suggests it can be this type of story.

What is metafiction?

500

This poem explains that the stage is an allegory for life.

What "All the World's a Stage"?

500

No Exit's idea that "Hell is other people" relates to this central tension in Existentialism.

What is individual vs. public (perception)?

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