Style and Device
When the difference between two characters relates to the story's main themes.
What is character foil?
We are currently in this week of our class. Hint: it isn't the first.
What is eighth?
We would use this theme name when noticing that the zombies, and Candace, are stuck in loops, repeating themselves.
What is routine / work?
Next week, in our setting, Halloween falls on this day.
When is Monday?
In what feels like a long time ago, this student acted as our security guard.
Who is Cassidy?
A symbol, like Bob's sling or Candace's bibles, that recurs throughout Severance, is an example of this literary device.
What is motif?
This is the reason that much of our homework was ripped last week.
What is the teacher's dogs ate it?
Ashley's indulgence in this theme appears to give her the Fever.
What is nostalgia?
Candace visits her uncles in this Chinese province. Hint: her home city of Fuzhou is the capital.
Where is Fujian?
This student shares their first name with Santa Claus.
Who is Nicolas?
In Severance, many chapters have the narrator telling us old stories of their life. Name one reason they could be doing this.
What is to cope through storytelling / nostalgia?
Without looking, name the four students who sit in the corners of our room.
Who are Joseph, Nathan, Paul, and Emily?
What is labour / exploitation?
In Candace's workplace setting, the company gives its workers this as a reaction to the news that the Fever is spreading.
What is a nutrition bar / mask?
This student's first name is inspired by a field of (very popular) wheat.
Who is Rylie?
Ma uses dialogue to show initial reactions from companies at the onset of the Fever. One conversation, in particular, takes place with Candace, over the phone, where she reveals that the gemstones are hard to get because the workers are dying. What does the company representative say?
What is ruthless / "if you don't find a way, we'll get them from India"?
This student's last name means "son of Ruy," a short form of "Rodrigo" (and Rodrigo derives from the German "Hrodric": "hrod" (renown) + ric (power))
Who is Lis?
What is immigration / hybrid identity ?
Our current classroom is set in this exact room number.
Where is 4P.02?
Spell my last name.
What is L a c h a n c e?
This literary device is used when Ma writes about Louis V and Jaguar instead of purses and cars.
What is diction?
Who is Karen? (KY = Kentucky)
Nostalgia for a home country is a theme that turns out to be the inspiration for Candace's name. Who reveals this?
Who is Balthazar?
This is the location of the "significance" writing we discussed in the course pack last week, where an owner was reluctant to bring her dog to the park.
Where is Rivière des Prairies?
A few weeks ago, which student was about to volunteer to name the entire class, before Abigail did so?
Who is Emily?