From the readings
The Horrors
Terminology and theory
In-class commentary
Wild cards
200

"Hazel and Christopher" by Casey Plett contains this number of POV changes.

What is three?

200

The author of "Flowerkicker."

Who is Stephen Graham Jones?

200

This theory describes the different types of narrators and focalizations found in storytelling.

What is narratology?

200

We watched this North American reality TV show in class. 

What is Big Brother? 

200

The largest island in the Meditteranean Sea.

What is Sicily? 


400

The name of this main character from "Nosedive." 

What/who is Lacie Pound?

400

Shirley Jackson's "The Lottery" was originally published in this decade.

What is the 1940s?

400

This concept argues that each story has a set of rules.

What is story logic?

400

We read "The Veldt" as a possible commentary on this current hot-button issue. 

What is generative AI? 

400

This Dr. Seuss character shows up one boring rainy day when “our mother was out of the house."

Who is the Cat in the Hat?

600

DAILY DOUBLE! This is the name and title of the predatory government official in Vonnegut's "Harrison Bergeron."  

What is Diana Moon Glampers, United States Handicapper General? 

600

This story is named after this southern African landscape. 

What is "The Veldt"? 

600

This theory seeks to understand "feelings."

What is affect/affect theory?

600
Name TWO of the topics we covered in our "crowdsourced" classes at the end of the quarter. 

Possible answers: creativity, plot/pacing, editing/revisions, keeping short fiction short, writing dialogue, writing longer fiction. 

600

An epistolary novel is written entirely in this form of communication.

What are letters? 


800

This old English saying is the origin for Deborah L. Devitt's feline fable. 

What is "all cats are gray"? 

800

This is the name of the "Most Handsome Drowned Man in the World." 

What/who is Esteban?

800

This quality of character appears twice on the character iceberg.

What is desire (hidden and open)?

800

This image was the most popular on the introduction survey.

What is "peace and love on planet Earth"? 

800

This beast you can find at the San Diego Zoo is the largest land carnivore on earth.

What is the polar bear?

1000

This modern diagnosis is invoked implicitly in Mckinley Valentine's fae story "The Code for Everything." 

What is autism? 

1000

AC Wise’s “I Dress My Lover in Yellow” centers around the paintings of this fictional artist.

Who is Blaine Roderick?

1000

This Marxist philosopher described history as a pile of rubble.

Who is Walter Benjamin?

1000

DAILY DOUBLE! "Henosis" comes from this ancient Greek term. 

What is "the one"/oneness? 

1000

The Latin word sinister not only means bad, but also this common directional term.

What is left/left handed?

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