The Arctic is Melting
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Name that Author
100

Melt is written in _______ narrative. Or, in two different perspectives.

What is duel?

100

"The Last Snowman" is a shape poem, formed by what type of stanzas?

What is tercet?

100

The setting in the story "The flavours we'll lose" 

What is Tuscany, Italy?

100

Shubhendu Sharma studied and enhanced methodology to find his own company __________ to create these native natural forests.  He benchmarked the Toyota Production System, known for its quality and efficiency for the process of an assembly line, to make dense multi-layered forests in backyards. He compares the cost to that of an iPhone.

What is Afforest or Afforestation?

100

Name the author of Melt.

Who is Ele Fountain?

200

The literary allusion in the first chapter of Melt describing Yutu and how he contrasts his house's height.

What is Hobbit?

200

"jelly tots/weeping lime green tears/around both eyes” is what type of imagery?

What is kinesthetic?

200

“searing wind sweeps up the dust”

What is sibilance?

200

Ermias Kebreab cites logos to demonstrate the huge impact of methane emissions from cows' burps on the annual global greenhouse gas emissions, equating to how much?

What are two billion tons or more than 4%?

200

Name the author of "To Build a Fire"

Jack London

300

“A cold wave passes over [Bea]” is what type of imagery?

What is tactile?

300

“coiled wire of the weeds” suggests danger because of this type of comparison of weeds to traps.

What is metaphor?
300

The story's title "Woodland" holds a sense of ________ because a woodland is typically a natural space.

What is irony?

300

Ermias Kebreab cites logos to demonstrate the effectiveness of adding seaweed in cows' feed to reduce methane emissions, amounting to how much success in percentage?

What is 67 to 80 to 98%?

300

This person is an English broadcaster, writer, producer, narrator, etc. and was awarded knighthood in 1985 by Queen Elizabeth II, earning the title "Sir"

Who is Sir David Attenborough?

400

A recurring idea in Melt is the mentioning of bees. This device is also known as ___________.

What is motif?

400

Craigs Santos Perez mentions this allusion in his poem "13 Ways of Looking at a Glacier"?

What is Titanic?

400

“springs...sulfurous smell” is what type of imagery?

What is olfactory?

400

David Attenborough emphasizes in his speech about the present drastic change of carbon emissions and that before, the global temperature used to be in a benign and predictable period that had not wavered by more than plus or minus _________?

What is one degree Celsius?

400

This person's idea “climate strike” was chosen as the word of the year by Collins Dictionary. She was also nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize five times from 2019 - 2023.

Who is Greta Thunberg?

500

Bea’s final action is to spread the truth; her father’s actions speak to the theme of _____________    _____________.

What is social responsibility?

500

Joy Harjo repetitively uses what type of figurative language in her poem "Once the World Was Perfect"?

What is personification?
500

The omniscient narrator in "To Build a Fire" describes everything without emotion, creating a detached and impersonal tone. This tone helps to reveal the theme of ___________________________.

What is nature's indifference to man?

500

As an appeal to pathos, Greta Thunberg repeats "How dare you!" using what type of repetition strategy?

What is anaphora?

500

This person is from the village of Shishmaref, Alaska, whose community is endangered of flooding due to climate change.

Who is Esau Sinnok?