Literary Devices
Bad blood
Alliterarion
What common theme appears in all three works? R______
Racism
Traditional passage ceremony in Zambia
Kumukanda
He works as a Janitor
John
What are these examples of? suggest, show, portray, depict, convey…
author's words
knocking me about the head with your dark hands.
Personification
Which theme is developed through the speaker's change of country? I______
Identity
Racial Slur
The N Word
His father works as a janitor
The Boy
What are these examples of? first person, third person limited, third person omniscient
Narrators
A subject, theme, etc., that repeats in a literary, artistic, or musical work
Motif
What common theme appears in all three works? D ______
Discrimination
Motif in The Black Ball
Hands
He is a manager
Berry
What are these example of? Romanticism, post-colonialism, Modernism, post-modernism, Harlem Renaissance
Literary movements
Which literary device gives an object or event a deeper meaning?
Symbolism
Theme in Kumukanda that involves a rite of passage. C____ of A____
Coming of Age
Cockney way of saying Hello, how are you?
Howdy
Nice neighbor who just had a baby
Mrs. Johnson
What are these examples of? descriptive, poetic, minimalist, formal, emotional, detached