Renaissance Roundup
This is a awakening, rebirth or revival of the arts and culture. Europe beat us to it.
Renaissance
This author of I Know Why The Caged Bird Sings was also involved in the Civil Rights Movement and worked with Martin Luther King, Jr. and Malcolm X.
Maya Angelou
This is a single groups of words in a poem. Kind of like a sentence in prose.
Line
This is a poem that consists of a "couple" or two lines total.
A Couplet
Simile
This is where Harlem is located.
Manhattan, New York City, New York
This poet painted a realistic portrait of what life was like as an African American, including their suffering, and their love of music, language and laughter. He was also involved and inspired by jazz music.
Langston Hughes
These are groups of lines in a poem. Kind of like a paragraph in prose.
Stanza
This type of poem originated in Japan and follows the pattern of 5 syllables, 7 syllables, then 5 syllables again.
A Haiku
His anger was fire, consuming everyone and everything around him in a blaze.
Metaphor
This was one of the primary themes that were on display in the literature, music,
Freedom, Self-Identity, Self-Expression, Joy, etc.
This was perhaps the most influential musician of the Harlem Renaissance. Known mostly for his skills with a trumpet, he was also praised for his voice on tracks such as "La Vie En Rose" that we listened to in class.
Louis Armstrong
This occurs when words at the end of a line rhyme.
End Rhyme
This type of poem from Ireland is often funny and features jokes.
Boom! The tree crashed to the ground after it was cut.
Onomatopoeia
These were the suppressive, biased, strict laws in the American south that inspired many African Americans to move to big cities in search of freedom
Jim Crow laws
This author earned a bachelor's degree in anthropology, and became well-known for her 4 autobiographies. You may have heard of her work Their Eyes Were Watching God.
Zora Neale Hurston
The basic rhythmic structure of a poem. This helps the poem flow and sound musical.
Meter (Or Rhythm)
This type of poem honors someone that has passed by recalling their qualities and good memories.
An elegy
After a tough week, the beach was calling my name loudly.
This was the movement of many different ethnic groups to larger cities in pursuit of new opportunities and creative freedom
The Great Migration
This author was also a prominent activist that help create the NAACP. He wrote his essays based on his own personal experience, and earned his Ph.D in history.
W.E.B. Dubois
Type of meter used by Shakespeare. Features one stressed syllable followed by an unstressed syllable.
Iambic Pentameter
This type of longer poem tells the story of a hero and their journey to complete a quest. Examples include The Odyssey and Beowulf.
The argument I just had reminded me of the Battle of Yorktown from the Revolutionary War.
An Allusion