The Sky so Heavy
What is the name of the protagonist?
Finn
Who wrote Romeo & Juliet?
William Shakespeare
Who wrote Coraline?
Neil Gaiman
What is the technique that involves an object being made to stand out or draw attention through colour, placement or size?
Salience
What does the word 'grotesque' mean?
Describing something that is strange, ugly, or unnatural in a way that causes shock or disgust.
Who wrote 'The Sky so heavy'?
Claire Zorne
What is the name of the two families?
The Montagues and the Capulets
What is the word for an individual frame, or single drawing in a graphic novel?
A panel
Words such as 'crucial', 'must', 'will' and 'absolutely' are examples of what persuasive technique?
High Modality
What does the word dystopia mean or refer to?
an imagined state or society in which there is great suffering or injustice, typically one that is totalitarian or post-apocalyptic.
What are the three dystopian genre conventions we studied throughout this unit?
Environmental decay, societal breakdown and governmental control
Who killed Tybalt?
Romeo
What does 'gutter' refer to in the study of graphic novels?
the space between two panels within a comic strip or comic book. At its simplest form, the gutter is a blank space that separates two panels.
What is the name of the technique where weather is used to symbolically reflect mood or events within a story?
Pathetic Fallacy
What does the word 'antipathy' mean?
a strong feeling of dislike
What is the name of Finn's brother?
Max
What is the name of the technique where a character speaks directly to the audience and conveys their inner thoughts?
Soliloquy
What is the name of the cat in Coraline?
He is unnamed
"Why, then, O brawling love, O loving hate." is an example of what technique?
Oxymoron
What does the word 'ephemeral' mean?
lasting for a very short time
What is the name of Finn's school friend who gives him supplies during the nuclear winter?
Arnold Wong
What is dramatic irony?
A literary device by which the audience's or reader's understanding of events or individuals in a work surpasses that of its characters.
In the graphic novel, how many ghost children does Coraline encounter in the "Other World"?
Three
What does vernacular mean?
Vernacular (pronounced ver-NACK-you-lar) is everyday speech. It's just the way people talk in day-to-day life. The opposite of vernacular is formal writing.
What does the word 'ubiquitous' mean?
present, appearing, or found everywhere.