She is the protagonist in Monkey Beach.
Who is Lisamarie Hill?
This is the term for the combined events of a story; sometimes referred to as the storyline.
What is the plot?
This is the who or "someone" of the story.
What is a character?
This is a wistful desire to return in thought or in fact to a former time in one's life, to one's home or homeland; also a sentimental yearning for the happiness of a former place or time.
What is nostalgia?
Who is Kermit the frog?
This character betrays Lisa, spiking her drink and raping her.
Who is Cheese?
These often present events that occurred before the story's opening; often an interjected scene.
What are flashbacks?
This type of character is one that acts from varied, often conflicting motives, impulses and desires, and seems to have some psychological complexity.
What is a round character?
This is the technique in poetry of running over from one line to the next without a stop, either in punctuation or breath.
What is enjambment?
This environmental activist organization gained notoriety trying to save the whales.
What is Greenpeace?
This is the Haisla term for sasquatch.
What is the B'gwus?
This term describes works that have fantastic or magical elements that are presented as normal, questions the nature of reality, and weaves extraordinary with the ordinary.
What is Magic Realism?
These types of characters remain the same throughout the film or the story, never changing.
What is a static character?
This drama term is the imaginary wall that separates the audience from the action taking place on the stage.
What is the fourth wall?
What is Greenland?
This plant can be both medicinal and dangerous.
What is oxasuli?
This is a situation or statement characterized by a significant difference between what is expected or understood and what actually happens.
What is irony?
This recurrent symbol or motif in literature and mythology is a very typical example of a certain person or thing, for example, the great mother.
What is an archetype?
This is the attribution of a personal nature or human characteristics to something nonhuman, or the representation of an abstract quality in human form.
What is personification?
This American superhero appears in a series of DC Comics and fights evil with a power ring.
Who is Green Lantern?
Lisamarie bumps into this character, purported to be the village witch.
Who is Screwy Ruby?
This type of novel features growing up, shows the development of a character, rebellion, and expresses individuality.
What is a coming of age novel or a bildungsroman?
This is a widely held but fixed and oversimplified idea of a particular type of person or thing, for example, the jock.
What is a stereotype?
This describes any literary convention that describes the simplicity, charm, and serenity attributed to country life.
What is the pastoral?
This Canadian political party is working to build a more prosperous and sustainable future for all Canadians.
What is the Green Party?