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This is being able to place yourself in someone else's shoes.
What is empathy?
100
This is a sudden moment of understanding, or a realization, that causes a character to change.
What is an epiphany?
100
This is the author of "Frankenstein."
Who was Mary Shelley?
100
This is the number of hours that cats sleep every day.
What is 16-18 hours per day?
100
These are the names of all 4 Beatles.
What is Paul McCartney, John Lennon, George Harrison, and Ringo Starr.
200
This is a temporary departure from a main subject to address a separate idea or story.
What is a digression?
200
This is a conversation carried on between characters in a text.
What is dialogue?
200
This is the name of a real "monster" that lives in Haiti.
What is a zombie?
200
This is the definition of odontophobia.
What is the fear of teeth?
200
This German composer was well known for his 9th Symphony, which includes the song "Ode To Joy."
Who was Ludwig Van Beethoven?
300
This is a variation of "standard" speech.
What is a dialect?
300
This is a speech in which the poet or character addresses an audience.
What is a dramatic monologue?
300
This is a monster of the Pacific Northwest.
What is Bigfoot, Sasquatch?
300
This is the definition of "kareoke."
What is an "empty orchestra?"
300
This band produced the first pop video, "Bohemian Rhapsody," in 1975.
What was Queen?
400
This is a short poem or verse placed at the beginning of a book.
What is an epigraph?
400
This is a brief and witty poem that makes fun of its topic.
What is an epigram?
400
This is often the setting of a gothic novel.
What is a haunted house or castle?
400
This organ produces insulin.
What is the pancreas?
400
This pop artist has the record for the world's best-selling album of all time, "Thriller."
Who was Michael Jackson?
500
This is a long narrative poem or story that tells the adventures of a hero.
What is an epic?
500
This is another word for word choice.
What is diction?
500
This is the author of "The Raven" and "The Tell-Tale Heart."
Who was Edgar Allan Poe?
500
This is the definition of "lethologica."
What is the state of not being able to remember the word you want to use?
500
Rolling Stone Magazine considers this album the best rock 'n roll album of all time.
What is "Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Heart's Club Band" by The Beatles?