Of Mice and Men
These furry little creatures are the primary symbol of the novel, and represent The American Dream
What are rabbits?
This goddess is distinguished by her "flashing eyes" and cleverness.
Who is Athena?
The verb "I had been going" is in this tense.
What is the past tense?
At this part of the story, the characters adjust to the "new normal" introduced by the climax.
What is the falling action?
This is the band that Everett, Pete, Tommy, and Delmar form together in O Brother, Where Art Thou.
Who are The Soggy Bottom Boys?
This woman is beautiful, but is bitter because she never got the life of stardom she dreams of.
Who is Curley's wife?
The Greek term for an excellence which utilizes all of the faculties.
What is Arete?
This is the name for a word you can stick on an independent clause to make that clause dependent.
What is a conjunction?
In this part of the story, loose ends are tied up and lingering questions are usually answered.
What is the resolution?
This movement, popularized in the mid-late 2010s, is defined by its dark, but playful aesthetic and angsty pop-rock groups like Fall Out Boy, My Chemical Romance, and American Football (and Ms. O still belongs to it, if only in her heart).
What is Emo?
This character is almost divine in his power, grace, and skill.
Who is Slim?
A whirlpool monster who sucks down ships like a garbage disposal!
Who is Charybdis?
"Hope," "Glory," and "Fascism" are all examples of this kind of noun.
What is an abstract noun?
During this part of the story, the reader is introduced to the characters, setting, and central conflict.
What is the exposition?
This hunter and general is the primary antagonist of the thrilling short story, "The Most Dangerous Game."
Who is General Zaroff?
This character offers to help Lennie on the farm, but then withdraws his offer because he believes their dream will never come true.
Who is Crooks the stable buck?
This King sees his father's prophecy come true in the form of a great mountain getting dropped on his ship and harbor.
King Alcinous
"Him," "Some," and "Themselves" are all examples of this kind of noun.
What are pronouns?
During this part of the story, the central conflict is dealt with.
What is the climax?
This is the full and official name of the organization better known as VFD in Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events.
What is the Volunteer Fire Department?
This character also goes by the epithet "the old swamper," and is missing a hand.
Who is Candy?
This is Odysseus's loyal hound, who waits for twenty years to see his master again and then immediately dies.
Who is Argos?
You need one of these when you put a dependent clause in front of an independent clause (unless you're using FANBOYS as a conjunction!).
What is a comma?
In this part of the story, the tension grows and the central conflict becomes more serious.
What is the rising action?
These usually invisible creatures draw the carriages that take students from the Hogwarts Express to Hogwarts, and can only be seen by those who have witnessed death.
What are Thestrals?