Chimamanda Ngozi Adiche
Arundhati Roy
Junot Diaz
Ralph Ellison
Isabel Allende
100
A thing that represents or stands for something else, especially a material object representing something abstract.
What is a symbol?
100
The general character or attitude of a piece of writing.
What is tone?
100
The narrator's position in relation to the story being told.
What is point of view?
100
the concept of creating characters, through their descriptions, actions, speech, thoughts and interactions with other characters.
What is characterization?
100
A person who studies language.
What is a linguist?
200
The main or controlling idea of a story.
What is theme?
200
Cultural possessions and traditions passed down through generations.
What is heritage?
200
The reason for which something is done or created, or for which something exists.
What is purpose?
200
Being the only one of its kind, unlike anything else.
What is unique?
200
Lacking interest or excitement.
What is dull?
300
Invaluable, priceless.
What is irreplaceable?
300
Behaving or occuring in a way that is expected.
What is predictable?
300
The warning or indication of a future event.
What is foreshadowing?
300
Strange or ridiculous.
What is absurd?
300
Lack of experience, wisdom, or judgement.
What is naivety?
400
Inconvenient, unmanageable, difficult to deal with.
What is cumbersome?
400
Giving the impression that something bad or unpleasant is going to happen. Threatening, inauspicious.
What is ominous?
400
To fight or argue.
What is quarrel?
400
Mentally caught up in something, distracted.
What is preoccupied?
400
Wisdom, observations, acumen, intuition.
What are insights?
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