Miss Aarona MonCrieff is the main character in what 1880 short story by Constance Fennimore Woolson?
Who is MISS GRIEF.
100
This literary term describes a comparison using the words, "LIKE" or "AS"
What is SIMILE
100
This woman was the first published American poet.
Who is ANNE BRADSTREET.
100
PLEASE IDENTIFY THE TITLE & AUTHOR:
"I have done it again.
One year in every ten
I manage it——"
WHAT IS LADY LAZARUS BY SYLVIA PLATH.
100
This story uses poetic devices such as repetition and form in order to relay cultural messages about how girls should behave.
What is GIRL by JAMAICA KINCAID
200
In this short story, a gas-station owner helps feed needy workers who arrive unexpectedly at his shop. What is his FULL NAME?
PEDRO GONZALES
(The Migraine Workers)
200
This term describes "paragraphs" within a poem.
What is a STANZA.
200
This woman was the founder of the Black Literary Tradition in America.
Who is PHILLIS WHEATLEY
200
Thou ill-formed offspring of my feeble brain,
who after birth did'st by my side remain,
till snatched from thence by friends, less wise than true"
What is THE AUTHOR TO HER BOOK BY ANNE BRADSTREET
200
This short story features a character with a rare medical condition that terrifies her family.
What is LUSUS NATURAE by MARGARET ATWOOD
300
This fish-obsessed character separated from her husband after having her first child. What was her husband's FIRST NAME.
Who is VINCENT
(The Marriage of the Red Fish)
300
These words are the archaic form of the formal YOU in English.
What is THOU/THY/THINE.
300
This author was the co-founder & champion of the IMAGISTE poetry movement.
Who is AMY LOWELL.
(The Sisters)
300
"Will the hive survive, will the gladiolas
Succeed in banking their fires
To enter another year?
What will they taste of, the Christmas roses?
The bees are flying. They taste the spring. "
What is WINTERING by SYLVIA PLATH
300
This story explores the tension that can rise between mothers and daughters who come from different cultures.
What is 17 SYLLABLES by Hisaye Yamamoto
400
This Dakota Indian woman rescued her captured lover in a death defying display of bravery.
Who is TUSEE.
(The Warrior's Daughter.)
400
This term is a synonym for "MAIN CHARACTER"
What is PROTAGONIST.
400
This woman is not only a New York Times Best-Selling Novelist, but the screenwriter of a wildly successful 1993 film.
Who is AMY TAN.
400
"Lose something every day. Accept the fluster
of lost door keys, the hour badly spent."
What is ONE ART BY ELIZABETH BISHOP
400
In this story, a family woman experiences difficulties in trying to achieve her own dreams.
What is ANGEL OVER THE RIGHT SHOULDER BY ELIZABETH STUART PHELPS
500
This character was the conduit for change in Flannery O'Connor's 1964 chilling tale of redemption.
Who is MARY GRACE.
(Revelation.)
500
This poem is of Japanese origin and uses a specific syllable pattern: 5-7-5.
What is a HAIKU.
500
This woman was the first African American to win the Pulitzer Prize. She was also the poet laureate of Illinois.
Who is GWENDOLYN BROOKS.
500
"I have ridden in your cart, driver,
waved my nude arms at villages going by"
What is HER KIND BY ANNE SEXTON
500
This short story features a former athletic star who is thrilled to become a father.