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What is Sarah Koenig’s main purpose in the following lines: “It does seem far fetched because there’s no room for any errors. Any pauses even. The buses, the drive, the strangulation. The moving of the body. The call. They all have to happen as quickly as they possibly can for the 2:36 call to work. But, it is possible. Or at least not impossible, which was what Adnan was saying in that first letter.”

When Adnan was in high school, he can be described as which of the following:

Why does Leakin Park itself become a notable detail in the case?

What does Koenig conclude after testing the prosecution’s timeline in Episode 5?

How does Episode 10’s exploration of anti-Muslim bias function rhetorically within the series’ broader PURPOSE?

“Hae has got a crush on Don….Don has blue eyes and blonde hair and a Camero and she really, really likes him….At one point, she writes Adnan’s name in giant block letters made out of tiny little Adnans and underneath that does the same thing with Don. Giant letters made up of Dons. On another page, she writes Don’s name 127 times. 127 Dons.” What literary device does Sarah Koenig employ here?

The claim is that Adnan is guilty because his prints are on the map in Hae’s car. What is the most effective counterclaim?

The genre of Serial can best be described as…

What unresolved discrepancy does Episode 12 highlight involving Jay and Jenn?

I read a few newspaper clips about the case, looked up a few trial records. And on paper, the case was like a Shakespearean mashup– young lovers from different worlds thwarting their families, secret assignations, jealousy, suspicion, and honor besmirched, the villain not a Moor exactly, but a Muslim all the same, and a final act of murderous revenge. And the main stage? A regular old high school across the street from a 7-Eleven. From the passage above, what literary device as a part of author’s craft does Sarah Koenig use?