Rubric
The name of the prescribed text of study in Module B.
What is The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time?
The age of Christopher Boone in the novel, The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time.
What is 15 years old?
The character who said "I think prime numbers are like life. They are very logical but you could never work out the rules, even if you spent all your time thinking about them".
Who is Christopher?
A distinctive combination of genres which Haddon uses to tell this story.
What is hybridisation?
He is an unreliable one.
What type of narrator is Christopher?
An English born author who wrote The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time.
Who is Mark Haddon?
The name of the small English town where Christopher resides with his father.
What is Swindon?
The character who said "You have to spend more time with me. And I...I have to show you that you can trust me."
Who is Ed Boone?
A technique employed by Christopher to add editorial notes to further explain his ideas.
What are footnotes?
He uses more formal and straight forward language
How does Christopher speak?
A form of language which is usually written as a fictional work of the author in the form of a narrative.
What is prose fiction?
Written by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, it is the name of Christopher Boone's favourite book.
What is The Hound of the Baskervilles?
The character who said "sometimes we get sad about things and we don't like to tell other people that we are sad about them."
Who is Siobhan?
A technique used by Haddon to reveal parts of the character without directly stating it as seen in the following quote: "But father didn't let go, and he was shouting".
What is indirect characterisation?
Sections where Christopher, the protagonist, temporarily departs from the main plot of solving the murder of Wellington to discuss related but tangential topics
What is the purpose of the digression chapters?
A response where students write an analytical or evaluative essay which demonstrates their knowledge and understanding of the prescribed text.
What is a critical response?
The subject that Christopher sits an examination in for which he receives an 'A' in chapter 233.
What is A-Level Math?
The character who said “...there’s nothing wrong with having a chat. Having a chat is just being friendly, isn’t it?”
Who is Mrs Alexander?
A technique where a future event is hinted at with the text as seen in the following quote: "Also, dogs are faithful and they do not tell lies because they cannot talk".
What is foreshadowing?
Christopher explains that ‘Prime numbers are what’s left when you have taken all the patterns away’ reminding us of his need for order.
Why does Christopher use prime numbers for the chapters?
The characteristics which make a novel unique and different to other texts.
What are the distinctive qualities of a text?
The thing that Christopher will see to make him have a Black Day.
What are four yellow cars in a row?
The character who said “I’m going to hit the hay", “It’s brass monkeys out there” and “Let’s rustle up some tucker.”
Who is Mrs Shears?
A type of story where a young person overcomes obstacles to learn more about themselves and come of age.
What is a bildungsroman?
They convey the unique processing of information in Christopher’s mind.
Why are graphic elements like illustrations, graphs, and emoticons used in the novel?