Plot & Characters
The main character of 'The Necklace'
Who is Madame Loisel?
This is the place where a story happens.
What is a setting?
In 'The Golden Touch', this theme warns against valuing wealth and material things above all else.
What is Greed?
This figure of speech compares two things using "like" or "as"
What is a Simile?
This is a piece of writing like a book, article, or poem.
What is a text?
In 'The Golden Touch', this character is granted the ability to turn everything he touches into gold.
Who is King Midas?
This is the country where 'A Dose of What the Doctor Never Ordered' took place.
What is Japan?
In 'The Necklace', the lost necklace symbolises this theme.
What is the danger of vanity and the difference between appearances and reality?
This type of irony occurs when something opposite of what is expected happens.
What is Situational Irony?
This term means to look closely at a text to understand its meaning, purpose, and structure.
What is Analyze?
In 'The Thrill of the Chase', this event inspires the main character to start the treasure hunt and leave a legacy.
What is being diagnosed with a terminal illness?
This is the place and time when 'Civil Peace' takes place.
What is Post-War Nigeria.
In Civil Peace, Jonathan’s optimistic phrase “Nothing puzzles God” reflects this larger theme about life after hardship.
What is Resilience and Faith in the midst of hardship?
This technique uses a comparison between two different things to clarify a complex idea.
What is an Analogy?
This word refers to the traits and qualities that define a person or group, often shaped by culture, beliefs, and experience.
What are Identities?
In 'Civil Peace', these character traits help Jonathan rebuild his life.
What is Optimism and Resilience?
This term describes the struggle between opposing forces in a story, which can be external or internal, and is central to driving the plot forward.
What is Conflict?
This story reflects the theme of determination and self-discipline.
What is 'A Dose of What the Doctor Never Orders'?
This device gives human traits to nonhuman things.
What is Personification?
This word describes the reasoning behind a character's words or actions.
What is Motivation?
This is the main conflict faced by King Midas in The Golden Touch that ultimately leads to his regret.
What is the problem of his greed destroying what he loves, especially when he turns his daughter into gold?
In 'The Thrill of the Chase', the protagonist faces challenges from both the environment and other characters creating what kind of combined conflict?
What is Man vs. Nature and Man vs. Man?
In The Thrill of the Chase, the relentless pursuit represents this broader theme about human nature and the search for meaning.
What is the desire for adventure and the quest for fulfilment?
This is a lengthy speech delivered by a character alone on stage, revealing their inner thoughts.
What is a Soliloquy?
This type of connection explains how ideas, characters, or events influence one another in a text.
What is Relationship?