Figurative Language I
Define Simile
A comparison between two unlike things using like or as.
Define Theme.
The universal message of a story.
Name the Literary Time Period for Dark Romanticism.
1800-1865
Name the Literary Time Period for Realism.
1870-1914
Name the Literary Time Period for the Harlem Renaissance.
1919-1940
Name the Literary Time Period for Modernism.
1914-1949
Define Central Idea.
The main idea of an informational text.
Define Alliteration.
The repetition of similar consonant sounds.
"His long, improvised dirges will ring forever in my ear"
**dirges is a funeral song
A. Personification
B. Hyperbole
B. Hyperbole
Which time period was "The Story of an Hour" written?
A. Realism Period
B. The Harlem Renaissance Period
c. Dark Romanticism Period
A. Realism Period
Which time period was "I, Too, Sing America" written?
A. Realism Period
B. The Harlem Renaissance Period
B. The Harlem Renaissance Period
Name at least 2 nicknames for the 1920's.
The Flapper Era
The Jazz Age
The Age of Wonderful Non-sense
The Roaring 20's
Define Metaphor.
Define Onomatopoeia.
Sound words: "bam!" "boom!"
"His heart is a suspended lute; As soon as you touch it, it resonates."
**Lute: stringed instrument.
A. Simile
B. Metaphor
B. Methaphor
Texts from this time period focus on accurately representing American life in various contexts. The texts focus on themes and experiences that resonate with average people.
Realism Period
Hughes is best known as a leader of the Harlem Renaissance.
A. True
B. False
A. True
Define Prohibition.
Illegal sales and consumption of alcohol.
Define Tone.
The author's attitude towards a subject.
Define Personification.
Giving human characteristics to non-living items.
Who is the author of "The Fall of the House of Usher"?
Edgar Allan Poe
What Literature Work did we study by Kate Chopin?
"The Story of an Hour"
Who is the author of "Harlem" "I, Too"
Langston Hughes
What Modernism novel did F. Scott's Fritzgerald write?
"The Great Gatsby"
Define Allusion.
Calling something familiar to mind.
Define Symbol.
An object, person, character, or color with deeper meaning.
Describe/write down the characteristics of the Dark Romanticism time period.
Isolation, insanity, madness.
Describe/write down the characteristics of the Realism time period.
Presenting the "reality" of normal, everyday people.
Describe/write down the characteristics of the Harlem Renaissance time period.
Oppression, racism, justice, and inequality.
Describe/write down characteristics of the Modernism time period.
Disillusionment, Roaring 20's, Prohibition, and lavish life styles.
Define Rhetoric.
The art of persuasion.
Define Allegory.
A story with two meanings (literal and deeper).
"There was blood upon her white robes, and the evidence of some bitter struggle upon every portion of her emaciated frame."
A. Foreshadowing
B. Imagery
B. Imagery
Which character passed away in "The Story of an Hour?"
A. Josephine's Husband
B. Louise Mallard
B. Louise Mallard
Who was most likely the speaker in the poem, "I, Too?"
A. Langston Hughes
B. The Narrator
C. A black American facing oppression
C. A black American facing oppression
What type of values did the authors of the Modernism Time period attack?
A. Traditional Values
B. Rebellious Values
A. Traditional Values
Define Ethos.
Appeals to ethics.
Define Hyperbole.
An extreme exaggeration.
"...the huge antique panels (doors) to which the speaker pointed threw back their ebony jaws"
A. Onomatopoeia
B. Personification
B. Personification
What was the setting in “The Story of an Hour?”
Mrs. Mallard's House
Texts from this time period include characteristics such as unique poetry that celebrates culture and lifestyle with a heavy emphasis on oppression and inequality.
Harlem Renaissance
What branch of the military was F. Scott Fitzgerald in?
Army
Define Logos.
Appeal to logic.
Define Pathos.
Appeal to emotion.
Write down a short summary of the text "The Fall of the House of Usher" by Edgar Allan Poe
Roderick Usher suffers from an illness, has a twin sister Madeline who was buried alive, and a narrator visitor.
Write down a short summary of the text "The Story of an Hour" by Kate Chopin.
Mrs. Mallard dies after hearing of her husband's death. "The Joy that Kills"
Write down a short summary of the text "Harlem" "I, Too" by Langston Hughes.
Black men, traditions and the racial discrimination they faced.
Write a short summary of the text "The Great Gatsby" by F. Scott Fitzgerald.
Nick Carraway spends the summer in NY. Gatsby tries to win back Daisy. George kills Gatsby. Tom and Mrytle had an affair.