Learning items
Explore shared ideas across books.
Arts & literature
ConceptDisrupted communion
A failed or unequal shared meal can expose conflict or exclusion.
VocabularyHierarchical scale
Hierarchical scale uses relative figure size to communicate relative importance.
VocabularyComposite view
Composite view combines different viewpoints within a represented figure or object.
ConceptStated goal and discovery
A character's announced aim can differ from what the experience teaches.
ConceptFigurative vampirism
A vampire pattern can represent someone drawing vitality from another person.
ConceptQuest pattern
A journey can organize a character's discovery, beyond the trip's practical goal.
ConceptPower and exploitation in narrative
Unequal power can make a character's loss another character's gain.
VocabularyFunerary art
Funerary art is art made for contexts connected with death, burial or remembrance.
ConceptLiterary communion
Sharing a meal can express social connection and belonging.
ConceptArchaeological context in art interpretation
Find location, material and associated evidence constrain interpretations of ancient art.
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