ENGL 1200 JEOPARDY

Concepts & Terms

100

Greek for “description," this is a vivid account of a scene or, more commonly, a work of art.

What is ekphrasis?

200

This is the rhetorical shift or dramatic change in thought, emotion, or argument within a poem

What is a volta?

300

This term refers to the repetition of a word or phrase at the beginning of successive clauses and we learned it in the context of these two artists/authors

What is anaphora? Who are MLK and the blue singers?

400

This is the definition of "double consciousness" and the person who terms it.

OPEN

500

This literary term refers to a manner of presenting the thoughts or utterances of a fictional character as if from the character's point of view by combining grammatical and other features of the character's direct speech with features of the narrator's report, and we learned it in the context of this text.

What is free indirect discourse? What is Their Eyes Were Watching God?

History

100

The movement of Black southerners to the North

What is the Great Migration? 

200

The country from which Sarah Baartman was taken to Europe

What is South Africa

300

These were the two influential figures of the Civil Rights Movement and the names of their writings that we covered in this class (2 texts each).

Martin Luther King Jr. and James Baldwin

Sonny's Blues, Fire Next Time

Letter from a Birmingham Jail, Beyond Vietnam: Time to Break Silence

400

This is the year in which Olympic winners Tommie Smith and John Carlos lifted their fists during the playing of the National Anthem

1968

500

The year the AIDS crisis began

1981

Passages & Texts

100

Author and title of this passage: "The songs of the slave represent the sorrows of his heart; and he is relieved by them, only as an aching heart is relieved by its tears. At least, such is my experience."

Frederick Douglass, Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, an American Slave

200

Fill in the blank: Thomas Jefferson's essays that we read in class were called "___" and "___"

Manners and Laws

300

The name of the author of the title of the following passage: "For me, narrating counter-histories of slavery has always been inseparable from writing a history of the present, by which I mean the incomplete project of freedom, and the precarious like of the ex-slave, a condition defined by the vulnerability to premature death and to gratuitous acts of violence."

Saidiya Hartman, "Venus in Two Acts"

400

This person sang this song:

"It's true I wear a collar and tie,
Makes the wind blow all the while
Don't you say I do it, ain't nobody caught me
You sure got to prove it on me"

Who is Ma Rainey?

500

The title of the book from which this passage is taken:

"We are not convinced, however, that a socialist revolution that is not also a feminist and anti-racist revolution will guarantee our liberation. We have arrived at the necessity for developing an understanding of class relationships that takes into account the specific class position of Black women who are generally marginal in the labor force, while at this particular time some of us are temporarily viewed as doubly desirable tokens at white-collar and professional levels." 

What is How We Get Free?

RANDOM

100

This is Julie's hometown

Los Angeles

200

The names of Janie's three partners

Logan Killicks, Joe Starks, and Teacake

300

At the beginning of the semester, Dr. Woubshet said African American literature and culture offers unique insights into this set of three features?

What are "what it means to be human, modern, and American"?

400

The number of months the Montgomery Bus Boycott lasted

12

500

The day, time, and location of your final exams

Thursday, May 7th, 2026 6-8 pm in ANNS 110