Writers of the city
This poet of “Leaves of Grass” spent his final years in Camden, just across the Delaware River from Philadelphia.
The U.S. Constitution, drafted in Philadelphia in 1787, opens with these three words.
"We the People."
Philadelphia’s nickname comes from the Greek roots of its name.
City of Brotherly Love
Calling the Schuylkill “a gray ribbon of silk” is an example of this figure of speech.
Metaphor
The Declaration of Independence and the Constitution were both debated in this historic hall.
What is Independence Hall?
This master of horror, author of “The Tell-Tale Heart,” lived in Philadelphia from 1838 to 1844; his house is now a National Historic Site.
Poe
Charles Brockden Brown’s novel “Arthur Mervyn” is set during this 1793 Philadelphia crisis.
yellow fever epidemic
This statue of William Penn stands on top of the building at the center of Philadelphia’s grid.
City Hall
Writing “I stepped off the El and the whole street exhaled” uses this narrative point of view.
First person
Founded in 1984, Mural Arts Philadelphia grew out of an effort to combat this.
What is graffiti?
Franklin founded this Philadelphia institution in 1731, often called America’s first successful subscription library
The Library Company
Thomas Paine’s 1776 pamphlet urging American independence was first published in Philadelphia under this title.
Common Sense
This taxidermied bird, once Charles Dickens’s pet and an inspiration for Poe’s famous poem, lives at the Free Library of Philadelphia.
Grip the raven
Spelling out a regional way of speaking in a character’s lines, like Philly’s “wooder,” is called writing this.
dialect
This orange, googly-eyed Flyers mascot debuted in 2018 and became an instant city icon.
Gritty
This modernist poet studied at Penn, where he befriended H.D. and William Carlos Williams.
Ezra Pound
This museum and library holds James Joyce’s handwritten manuscript of Ulysses and contents of Marianne Moore'sNYC apartment.
The Rosenbach.
This founder planned the city on a grid with five public squares, including Rittenhouse.
William Penn
A scene that jumps back to a character’s childhood in South Philly uses this device.
flashback
This 1976 film, written by and starring Sylvester Stallone, won Best Picture and is set in Philadelphia.
Rocky
In 2012 this poet and activist became Philadelphia’s first poet laureate.
Sonia Sanchez
In 1688 a group of Quakers in this neighborhood wrote an early protest against slavery.
Germantown
Charles Dickens toured this prison in 1842 and criticized its solitary confinement in “American Notes.”
Eastern State Penitentiary
A narrator’s unbroken flow of thoughts and impressions as they wander down South Street, with little punctuation or order, is called this.
Stream of conciousness
From 1790 to 1800 Philadelphia served in this national role.
Capital of the United States