The main character of the story.
Who is Junior?
Wade's alter ego.
What is Parzival?
The author of the book
An object that has deeper meaning, beyond itself.
What is a symbol?
References to well-known works.
What are allusions?
Junior's real name.
What is Arnold Spirit Jr.?
The name of the game Wade has to win to obtain the first key.
What is Joust?
The major historical event Noah grew up during.
What is apartheid?
The moral, or main lesson, of the story.
What is theme?
Exaggerating something for humorous effect.
What is hyperbole?
What was the biggest difference between white people and Indians, according to Junior?
The amount of funerals they have to attend.
The names of the three keys.
What are Copper, Jade, Crystal?
The name of Trevor's dog.
What is Fufi?
The development of a character in a story over time.
What is characterization?
Junior saw this in his textbook which made him mad.
What is his mom's name?
The antagonist in Ready Player One.
Who is Nolan Sorrento?
What is a Mazda?
A person's sense of connection and belonging to a particular group.
What is cultural identity?
Sharing a personal story that is funny, often times in order to teach a lesson.
What is humorous anecdote?
The name of the person at Grandma's funeral who wore Indian clothes in an insensitive way.
Who is Ted?
The name of Wade's aunt.
Who is Alice?
When Trevor is talking about not fitting in in South Africa, he describes himself as this animal.
What is a chameleon?
The author comparing two different entities in a story, for a particular purpose.
What are contrasts?
Specific, intentional word choice for a certain reason.
What is diction?