Parts of Speech
the occurrence of the same letter or sound at the beginning of adjacent or closely connected words
What is "Alliteration"
a word used to describe an action, state, or occurrence
What is a "verb"?
He was a famous writer of the
What is the "Harlem Renaissance"?
Annabel was buried...
What is "by the sea"?
"No longer do I cover tables filled with food and laughter
My seams are frayed my hems falling my strength no longer able
To hold the hot and cold"
What is the "Quilts?"
to signify ideas and qualities, by giving them symbolic meanings that are different from their literal sense.
What is "Symbolism"
used to identify any of a class of people, places, or things
What is a "noun"?
In which poem, does Hughes write, "Life Ain't Been no Crystal stairs."
What is "Mother to Son"?
How old were the the poet and Annabel Lee?
What are the "teenager"?
"The connection never ends,
and even if at times it breaks,
in time it always mends."
What is "A Family Is Like A Circle"?
omparing two unlike things that is often introduced by like or as
What is a "Simile"
are words that describe the qualities or states of being of nouns
What is an "Adjective"?
What did Hughes mean by "The Negro is in Vogue?"
What is "African Americans are in style or in fashion"?
Who was jealous of the poet and Annabel Lee's?
What are the "angels"?
"We carry diplomas: medicine, engineer, nurse, education, math, poetry, even if they mean nothing to the other shore"
What is "Things We Carry on the Sea"?
a figure of speech in which a word or phrase is applied to an object or action to which it is not literally applicable.
what is "Metaphor"
word group, expressing a relation of place, time, circumstance, manner, cause, degree,
What is an "adverb"?
In which poem does Hughes write,
"Does it dry up
like a raisin in the sun?
Or fester like a sore—"
What is "A Dream Deferred"?
Wedding Bells were also referred to as
What are ""Golden Bells"?
DAILY DOUBLE
DAILY DOUBLE
exaggerated statements or claims not meant to be taken literally.
What is a "Hyperbole"
Words that substitute nouns, such as her and his
What is a "Pronoun?"
In which poem does Hughes write,
"I am the darker brother.
They send me to eat in the kitchen
When company comes,"
What is "I, Too"?
"Hear the loud alarum bells-
Brazen bells!
What a tale of terror, now, their turbulency tells!
In the startled ear of night
How they scream out their affright!"
What is "The Bells"?
What is "1902"?