The Stories
This story ends with a brutal stoning and highlights the downside of maintaining traditions without understanding why.
What is "The Lottery" by Shirley Jackson?
This school of criticism is concerned with the ways in which literature (and other cultural productions) reinforce or undermine the economic, political, social, and psychological oppression of women.
What is Feminist Criticism?
This is when the author of one work refers to another work in the text.
What is allusion?
APA stands for this.
What is the "American Psychological Association"?
Prof. Ott has a new puppy (who just turned one year old). What kind of dog is it?
This story involves an unreliable narrator who begins by asking us: "...but why will you say that I am mad?"
What is "The Tell-Tale Heart" by Edgar Allan Poe?
This school of criticism examines the appearance of race and racism across dominant cultural modes of expression.
What is Critical Race Theory?
This is when the author hints at what is to come.
What is foreshadowing?
APA format requires this at the top of each page.
What is a page header or running head?
The name of the person physically nearest to you.
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In this story, a young mother is driven mad on the surface by poor interior design, but really by the restraints on her because of her status as a woman.
What is "The Yellow Wallpaper" by Charlotte Perkins Gilman?
This school of criticism thinks about the id, ego, and superego.
What is psychoanalytic theory?
This is when the author uses descriptive language to evoke a sensory experience for the reader.
What is imagery?
An APA reference page should be organized in this order.
What is alphabetical?
What famous late 90s/early 2000s rapper just died?
Who is DMX?
This one-act play describes the reason behind the murder of a husband by his wife.
What is "Trifles" by Susan Glaspell?
This school of criticism concerns itself with class differences, economic and otherwise, as well as the implications and complications of the capitalist system.
What is Marxist Criticism?
This is when one thing stands for something else in a text.
What is symbolism?
These two things are required in an APA formatted in-text citation.
What are author's last name and date?
Prof. Ott has this many kids.
What is two?
In this story, the title is also one of the major symbols in the story.
What is "The Thing Around Your Neck" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie?
These schools of criticism explore issues of sexuality, power, and marginalized populations (woman as other) in literature and culture.
What are Gender Studies and Queer Theory?
This is the term for specific word choice in a text.
What is diction?
Each citation on an APA formatted reference page should have this form of indentation.
What is a hanging indent?
What is Murder, Inc.?