VITLG
Symposium
Story Arc
Random
100

What is the book you read called?

What is Vampires in the Lemon Grove?

100

Who is the Symposium author this year?

Who is Karen Russell?

100

Name of the first step in a story arc

What is exposition?

100

What is my name?

Who is Ella?

200

What is the story "Vampires in the Lemon Grove" about?

What is a vampire couple living on a lemon grove?

200

Who is the Symposium teacher this year?

Who is Mr. Biondi?

200

Main event of a story arc

What is the climax?

200

What is the genre Karen Russell usually writes in?

What is magical realism?

300

Name of the main character (male) in Vampires in the Lemon Grove?

Who is Clyde?

300

How do you get into the Symposium class?

What is applying in?

300

What is the end of a story arc called?

What is the resolution?
300

What do Symposium students do in class?

What are discussions (symposia), passage analysis, bringing food in, and creative writing?

400

What is one of the themes in "Vampires in the Lemon Grove"?

What is "death, horror, nature"

400

What does "symposium" mean?

What is "a conference or meeting to discuss a particular subject"?

400

What is the name for an unexpected event or an event which sets the story moving in a different direction called?

What is "inciting moment"?

400

Name 5 Karen Russell stories

"Vampires in the Lemon Grove", "Reeling for the Empire", "The Barn at the End of Our Term", "Seagull Army Descends....", "Proving Up," "Dougbert Shackleton's Rules...", "The Graveless Doll of Eric Mutis", etc.

500

What is Karen Russell's novel called?

What is "Swamplandia!"?

500

Do you follow @symposium_24 on Instagram?

:)

500

Free response: how does a story or character change from beginning to end?

Main character grows/develops and learns something, returns from "journey"

500

When is Karen Russell's visit?

When is December? (bonus for December 13th)

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