Poetry
A poem has this if elements of sound contribute to its meaning
What is sonic integrity
This is the problem a character faces in a story
What is conflict?
This is a long speech in a play that is delivered in front of other characters
What is a monologue?
In this short story, a criminal called The Mistfit and his friends kill a family
What is "A good man is hard to find"
This sub-genre of American literature is characterized by themes of race, regional identity, crumbling architecture, gore, the grotesque, and the supernatural
What is Southern Gothic?
This is the repetition of a word or phrase at the beginning of successive lines or lines in close proximity
What is anaphora
According to Poe this is achieved best in short fiction
What is the single effect?
What are the 1950s
You've read at least three poems from this former poet laureate of the United States
"Introduction to Poetry" "Litany" and "Orient"
Who is Billy Collins?
This subgenre of literature is characterized by the use of simple, unadorned language-- authors usually prefer the use of words with anglo-saxson roots
what is minimalism?
This is a 39 line poem with 6, 6-line stanzas and 1 three line envoy in which the words at the end of the first six lines rotate and repeat in the later stanzas
What is a sestina?
What is plot?
This is the written version of a dramatic production
What is a stageplay or screenplay?
This author is responsible for bringing Zora Neale Hurston's work into national recognition and she wrote the short story, "Everyday Use."
Who is Alice Walker?
a term coined by W.E.B. Du Bois, refers to the experience of individuals belonging to marginalized groups, particularly African Americans in the United States, of having to simultaneously navigate their own identity and the dominant society's perception of them. This leads to a sense of "two-ness,"
What is double consciousness?
This is language that engages the senses, memory, and imagination
What is Memory?
This is a cumulative element, meaning it is generated through an author's use of the other main elements.
What is WWII?
In the third of his infamous four-section poem, this author invokes the mythical creature Moloch!
Who is Allen Ginsberg?
This is the social, political, economic, and psychological characteristics of any given time period.
What is historical context?
This is a comparison that contains an object and an image
What is a metaphor?
This is what distinguishing characteristic of fiction -- what separates it from nonfiction
What is that in fiction the author is never the narrator
This is when an actor addresses the audience directly
What is an aside?
In this pantoum, Thomas Hardy, implores many kinds of men, and specifically his father to not do this
What is "go gentle into that good night"
This subgenre of literature is characterized by the juxtaposition of reality with elements of fantasy
What is magical realism?