This vs That
In 'Nathan is so hungry he could eat a horse,' we see a or hyperbole or phinouza.
There is no such thing as a phinouza.
Who is a flat character? Give an example.
A flat character is a character in a story who lacks complexity and often doesn't change throughout the story
In Dogs, who was the roommate that left for a semester abroad?
Jenna
In It's Bad Luck to Die, who is the narrator married to?
Tiny
Who was the first American to win the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1930?
Sinclair Lewis
A famous Beatles song inspired Haruki Murakami to write a short story. That short story is called:
a. Drive My Car
b. Norweigian Wood
a. Drive My Car
What is writer-speak for the tool we typically use to introduce characters, setting, and conflicts?
Exposition
In A Girl's Best Friend, what kind of dogs were Rio and Roo?
Australian Shepherds
Why is Mr Kapasi the interpreter of maladies?
His weekday job as a translator at the doctor's office—and the health of the patients depends upon his correct interpretation of their maladies.
Stanley Kubrick's famous feature starring Shelley Duvall was originally a novel written by ______________.
Stephen King
'a bond that transcends the beyond' is an example of consonance or assonance?
Consonance
The Hook
In Time Wasted, Josephine took a four-year-old Vivienne to see Mousetrap at _____________.
The War Memorial Opera House
What was the name of the paper tiger in The Paper Menagerie?
Laohu
A notable locations of The Paris Review include a Thames River grain carrier anchored on the Seine from ____ to 1957.
1956
Using a weapon to attack someone in a story is usually a way of escalating acute or chronic tension in a story.
One cannot generally escalate chronic tension.
_________ is a form of CNF that deals with a historical account/person written from personal knowledge or extensive research.
Memoir
What was the name of Jack's brother in Fear?
Mike
Peach Cobbler starts with "My mother's peach cobbler was so good, it made God himself cheat on his wife." Who is God here?
Pastor Neely
In Kafka's infamous story, what is the name of the man who awakens to find himself turned into a grosteque insect?
Gregor Samsa
Just turn me loose let me straddle my old saddle,
Underneath the western skies,
On my cayuse let me wander over yonder,
'Til I see the mountains rise.
This is an example of a middle or near rhyme.
Middle Rhyme
What are the five essential parts of a short story?
Exposition/Establishment
Rising Action
Climax
Falling Action
Resolution
In 2000, what was the name of the street where Ryan was living when he came back to meet Mona after two years?
Earnstead Street
Boats on Land starts with a metaphor. What is the creature that narrator alludes to while situating the metaphor.
Dragonfly
What is the name of the literary event that is hosted in Austin every November?