Authors
Sounded his "barbaric yawp" in his book Leaves of Grass
Who is Walt Whitman?
"Can't repeat the past? Why of course you can!"
Who is Gatsby old sport?
year of "Howl"
What is 1955?
The Puritans determined whatever Utopia their experiment was meant to establish, they first had to build a cemetery and a
what is a prison?
technique in poetry or prose where initial wording is repeated in successive lines
What is anaphora?
Her heroine Edna Pontelier wants to soar
Who is Kate Chopin?
"Because it is my name!"
Who is John Proctor?
Letter from Birmingham Jail
1963
the Freedom Trail (The Underground Railroad state)
What is North Carolina?
Sentence type and length
What is syntax?
Chooses Huck Finn to tell his story of a deformed conscience coming into conflict with a sound heart
Who is Mark Twain?
"If you want me again look for me under your boot soles"
Who is Walt Whitman?
1855
The Lebrun cottage
Where is Grand Isle?
reveals author's attitude toward his/her subject
What is tone?
Dedicates his Jazz Age novel "Once again, to Zelda"
Who is F. Scott Fitzgerald?
"My soul has grown deep like the rivers"
Who is Langston Hughes?
The Scarlet Letter published
When is 1850?
The eyes of Dr. T.J. Eckleburg overlook the
What is the Valley of Ashes?
comparison of two dissimilar things not using "like" or "as"
What is metaphor?
Halloween author of "The Raven"
Who is Poe?
"If we must die let it not be like hogs"
Who is Claude McKay?
The Crucible set in year
when is 1692
Soldier's Home state
What is Oklahoma?
a recurring pattern of something in literature that leads to theme
What is motif?