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Greek Mythology
Poetry
The Mystery Genre
Plot & Conflict
Agatha & Arthur
100
The King of the Gods
Who is Zeus?
100
This type of writing appeals to one or more of the five senses.
What is Imagery?
100
This is the reason for action.
What is Motive?
100
This is the dramtic struggle between opposing forces in a story.
What is Conflict?
100
Created by sir Arthur Conan Doyle, this character is among the most famous "sidekick" characters is all of literature.
Who is Dr. Watson?
200
Queen of the Gods
Who is Hera?
200
This type of writing compares two or more unlike things using the words "like" or "as" within the comparison.
What is Simile?
200
This is an excuse that a suspect uses to show that he or she was somewhere other than at the scene of the crime when the crime was committed.
What is Alibi?
200
This is the series of conflicts and crisis during a story that lead to the Climax.
What is the Rising Action?
200
This elderly spinster character is Agatha Christie's amateur sleuth in more than 12 novels and many more short stories.
Who is Miss Marple?
300
Goddess of Love and Beauty
Who is Aphrodite?
300
This type of writing gives human characteristics to non-human things.
What is Personification?
300
This type of character investigates a crime but is not part of the police force and has never had formal investigative training.
What is an Amateur Sleuth?
300
This is the turning point of the story, typically the most intense scene, either mentally or in action.
What is the Climax?
300
It was in this story that Sherlock Holmes first appeared.
What is "A Study in Scarlet"?
400
This Goddess was born fully grown from Zeus' head.
Who is Athena?
400
This type of writing uses words that imitate the sound they denote.
What is Onomatopoeia?
400
This person is considered the father of the Mystery genre.
Who is Edgar Allan Poe?
400
This is the only type of Conflict that is considered Internal.
What is Man v. Self?
400
This writer published more than 80 mystery novels over a 50-year writing career, including most famously, "The Murder on the Orient Express".
Who is Agatha Christie?
500
These two are the only Olympian twins.
Who are Apollo and Artemis?
500
This poetic device was used often by the tongue-twisting Mother Goose.
What is Alliteration?
500
These three elements help a Mystery author develop the Mood?
What are word choice, setting, and plot?
500
This person who created the original interpretation of plot, know as the "Unified Plot".
Who is Aristotle?
500
This story was Sherlock Holmes' first re-appearance after Sir Arthur Conan Doyle tried to kill the character in "The Final Problem".
What is "The Hound of the Baskervilles"?