Stories
Type of fiction that details the end of the world
What is apocalyptic/post-apocalyptic fiction
Type of bias that attacks the character of a person rather than the arguments and ideas
What is ad hominem?
These three ideas make up the classical unities of drama
What are unity of time, unity of place, and unity of action?
The repetition of beginning consonant sounds.
What is alliteration?
This philosopher was a key figure in Skepticism
Who is Rene Descartes?
A feature of science fiction that emphasizes the strange location
What is displacement/dislocation?
A term weaponized by people, oftentimes politicians, to discredit legitimate media that criticizes them
What is "fake news"?
Drama has traditionally been categorized into these two genres.
What are tragedy and comedy?
The speaker of "Daddy" compares her father to this.
Who are the Nazis?
This thought experiment asks people to choose between killing one person or five people
What is the trolley problem?
"Flowers for Algernon" is this type of narrative.
What is epistolary fiction?
False information spread around accidentally.
What is misinformation?
This object symbolizes the need and terror of being seen by others in No Exit.
What is mirror/glass?
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?
This story explores the relationship between the physical body and a thinking mind.
What is The Matrix?
The lines that enclose an image in a graphic novel.
What are frames?
The metaphor used for people only receiving ideas they already agree with.
What is echo chamber?
This symbolizes journeys and in-betweenness in Customs.
What is the airport?
This figure in "Caged Bird" that "names the sky his own."
What is the free bird?
This philosophical idea promotes people to create their own meaning in life by using free will and living authentically
What is Existentialism?
This symbol/image in Maus represents the idea that identity is fluid and often socially constructed.
What is the animal mask?
Term for the action the receiver of a message does to understand a messsage.
What is decoding?
The artificiality of the set of Customs suggests it can be this type of story.
What is metafiction?
This poem explains that the stage is an allegory for life.
What "All the World's a Stage"?
No Exit's idea that "Hell is other people" relates to this central tension in Existentialism.
What is individual vs. public (perception)?