London, “To Build a Fire”: “There was the fire, snapping and crackling and promising life with every dancing flame.” Crane, “The Open Boat”: “These waves were most wrongfully and barbarously abrupt and tall.” How do both treat nature?

Bulfinch, “Phaeton”: “Phaeton, child of the Sun, was one day boasting to him of his high descent.” Bulfinch, “Proserpine”: “Ceres sought her daughter all the world over.” What do both myths do?

Twain, “Jumping Frog”: “Smiley was monstrous proud of his frog.” Munchausen: “I beheld him hanging by his bridle to the weather-cock of the steeple.” What approach do both tall tales use?

Doyle, “A Scandal in Bohemia”: “You see, but you do not observe.” Doyle, “The Blue Carbuncle”: “It is my business to know what other people don’t know.” How do both mysteries treat detection?

London, “To Build a Fire”: “The trouble with him was that he was without imagination.” Crane, “The Open Boat”: “None of them knew the color of the sky.” What idea appears in both survival excerpts?

Bulfinch, “Phaeton”: “The steeds soon perceived that the load they drew was lighter than usual.” Bulfinch, “Proserpine”: “Ceres sought her daughter all the world over.” How do both myths develop conflict?

Doyle, “The Red-Headed League”: “It is quite a three pipe problem.” Doyle, “The Speckled Band”: “It was the band! The speckled band!” What do both mystery excerpts suggest?

London, “To Build a Fire”: “He was quick and alert in the things of life, but only in the things, and not in the significances.” Crane, “The Open Boat”: “The oiler and the correspondent rowed.” How do the survival approaches differ?

Bulfinch, “Phaeton”: “The steeds soon perceived that the load they drew was lighter than usual.” Hawthorne, “The Golden Touch”: “Marygold was a human child no longer, but a golden statue!” How do the myths differ?

Twain, “Jumping Frog”: “Simon Wheeler backed me into a corner.” Munchausen: “I set off from Rome on a journey to Russia.” How do the tall-tale narrators differ?

Doyle, “A Scandal in Bohemia”: “You see, but you do not observe.” Doyle, “The Speckled Band”: “The band! the speckled band!” How do the mystery excerpts differ?

Hawthorne, “The Golden Touch”: “Marygold was a human child no longer, but a golden statue!” Bulfinch, “Proserpine”: “Ceres sought her daughter all the world over.” How do these myths differ?

London, “To Build a Fire”: “The dog did not know anything about thermometers.” Crane, “The Open Boat”: “None of them knew the color of the sky.” What is each survival story’s approach?

Twain, “Jumping Frog”: “There was a feller here once by the name of Jim Smiley.” Munchausen: “I set off from Rome on a journey to Russia.” What is particular to each tall tale?

Doyle, “A Scandal in Bohemia”: “You see, but you do not observe. The distinction is clear.” Doyle, “The Blue Carbuncle”: “My name is Sherlock Holmes.” What does each mystery excerpt do?

Bulfinch, “Phaeton”: “Phaeton, child of the Sun, was one day boasting to him of his high descent.” Bulfinch, “Proserpine”: “The seed failed to come up.” What is each myth’s approach to nature?

London, “To Build a Fire”: “The trouble with him was that he was without imagination.” Crane, “The Open Boat”: “after successfully surmounting one wave you discover that there is another behind it.” How does each author build survival tension?

London, “To Build a Fire”: “Fifty degrees below zero meant eighty odd degrees of frost.” Crane, “The Open Boat”: “you discover that there is another behind it.” Which detail shows repeated danger?

Bulfinch, “Phaeton”: “Phaeton, child of the Sun, was one day boasting to him of his high descent.” Bulfinch, “Proserpine”: “Ceres sought her daughter all the world over.” Which detail shows Phaeton’s link to nature?

Which Sherlock Holmes line says that looking at something is not the same as noticing it?