"What's in a name?"
Major and Minor Characters
Major and Minor Characters
Jay's main doctor
Who is Dr. Ben?
The holiday Jay celebrates with the staff at the lab--even folks that weren't always nice to him
What is Thanksgiving?
The author of "Patient Zero"
Who is Tananarive Due?
This subgenre of literature is set after a global catastrophe
What is post-apocalyptic literature?
The literary point of view in which a narrator or author uses "I," "me," "my," "myself," "our," "we," etc.
What is first-person?
Name of the virus
What is Virus-J?
The Miami Dolphins quarterback from which Jay receives an autographed picture
Who is Dan Marino?
Ms. Manigat is Haitian. We read another story last week that also featured Haitian characters. This is its title.
What is "Monstro"?
This subgenre of literature is set before and during an end-of-the-world event
What is apocalyptic literature?
The literary point of view in which a narrator or author speaks directly to the audience (using the pronoun "you")
What is second-person?
Nurse who accidentally infects herself when taking Jay's blood
Who is Veronica?
Jay says the autograph from the photo looks a lot like this character's handwriting
Who is Dr. Ben?
The author whose fiction and nonfiction we've read this semester
Who is Junot Díaz?
This subgenre of literature is designed to incite fear
What is horror?
This is a style of prose narrative in which attention is directed to the process of fictive composition (i.e., writing about writing)
What is metafiction?
Jay's aunt who lived with him at the lab
Who is Aunt Lori?
The profession Jay wants to be when he grows up
What is a doctor?
The mother of Afrofuturism
Who is Octavia Butler?
A “catch-all term” meant to inclusively span the breadth of fantastic literature, encompassing literature such as science fiction, epic fantasy, ghost stories, horror, folk and fairy tales, slipstream, magical realism, modern myth-making, and more
What is speculative fiction?
This is the repetition of a word or phrase at the beginning of a poetic line or sentence
What is anaphora?
Ms. Manigat's first name
What is Emmeline?
Ms. Manigat gives Jay the security code, so he can leave should all the staff become infected and die. She also gives him this item.
What is a notebook?
The Latin root of "monster" and "monstro" that means "to warn"
What is monere?
What is fantasy?
This is a type of literature in which a narrative is structured as letters or diary entries
What is an epistolary narrative?