TEWWG
Who wrote Their Eyes Were Watching God?
Zora Neale Hurston
Who wrote A Rose for Emily?
William Faulkner
Free Verse
Poem that doesn't rhyme/have rhyme scheme
Characterize Blanche DuBois
Volta
a shift in a Petrarchan sonnet
Name 2 symbols in Their Eyes Were Watching God and explain what they mean.
Mule
Hair
Pear Tree
The Horizon
Checkers
Hurricane
Themes of The Yellow Wallpaper?
Subordination of women in marriage
Importance of self-expression
Mental illness
Gender roles
I can hear little clicks inside my dream.
Night drips its silver tap
down the back.
At 4 A.M. I wake. Thinking
of the man who
left in September.
His name was Law.
Enjambment
Who is Henrik Ibsen?
playwright who wrote A Doll's House
giving life-like characteristics to something that isn't alive
Personification
Where did Janie and Tea Cake live before the hurricane?
Everglades
Characterize the Misfit
will take correct answer
A reference to literature, history, culture, etc.
Allusion
Theme of Death of a Salesman
American Dream
Family
Imagery
writing that appeals to the senses
Describe Nanny
Will take an accurate response
Who is Homer Barron?
Octave
8 lines in a stanza
Symbols in The Glass Menagerie and what they represent
the glass menagerie
the unicorn
blue roses
the fire escape
What is the purpose of alliteration?
to draw attention/emphasize the language/message that is being alliterative
Power
Femininity
Love vs. Independence
Gender Roles
Class
What is a symbol in The Most Dangerous Game and what does it represent?
Blood/color red
The Island
The Mansion
The Jungle
What light through yonder window breaks? It is the East, and Juliet, the sun!
Metaphor
Who is Troy Maxson?
main character in Fences
What are the similarities and differences between a Petrarchan and Shakespearean sonnet?
Similarities: 14 lines
Differences: rhyme scheme, structure, shift placement