Curious Incident of a Dog in the Nighttime
The author's name
Mark Haddon
The place, time and context in which a story occurs
Setting
The implement that is used to call boys to meetings in Lord of the Flies
Conch
The main character in a literary work
Protagonist
The Main Character's Name in the Curious Incident of a Dog in the Nighttime
Christopher
The character that Christopher lives with at the beginning of the book
Father
A comparison using "like" or "as"
Simile
The name of Ka's mother in The Dew Breaker
Anne
A character or force in conflict with the main character
Antagonist
The dead dog's owner
Mrs. Shears
The book is set primarily in these two cities
London and Swindon
The device characterized by struggle between two opposing forces
Conflict
The symbol that represents reason and order in Lord of the Flies
The Glasses
A character who acts a contrast to another character
Foil
The tool used to kill the dead dog
A garden fork
The two colors Christopher hates
Yellow and Brown
A person, place, or object which has a meaning in itself but represents other meanings as well
Symbol
Ka's father's scar in The Dew Breaker symbolizes what?
Shame, the inescapability of the past
The name for characters that populate the world of a story but do not necessarily have a vital role in the main storyline
Tertiary Characters
The man who Mother moves to London with
Mr. Shears (Roger)
The reason Christopher decides to run away from home
He finds out his father lied about mother being dead
The formal term used to describe word choice
Diction
In Lord of the Flies, the Beast from Air is really what?
A dead parachutist who has landed on the island
The second most important and present character in a story—often called a secondary main character
Deuteragonist
The elderly character who reveals to Christopher that his mother cheated on his father
Mrs. Alexander