Vocab
Please don't secretly game in class, we don't want any of that __________________.
What is skullduggery?
Refers to the trope where characters start from humble beginnings and rise to achieve great success.
What is rags to riches?
The deep, profound, and overwhelming sense of wonder and spiritual experience one can access when immersed in the majesty of nature.
What is the sublime?
A famous book (from our slides) that explores identity.
What are Invisible Man, Beloved, Fight Club, Fun Home, The Bell Jar, and the Paper Menagerie?
The producer who praised Maggie Rogers', "Alaska," in a viral Youtube video.
Who is Pharrell?
The poor hoarders are living in _______________.
What is squalor?
"The reason they call it the American Dream is because you have to be asleep to believe it" said this in a standup special.
Who is George Carlin?
Two ways this theme manifests in literature.
What are Spiritual Connections, Personal Transformation, Self-Reliance and Adventure, and Ecological Concerns and Advocacy?
A famous movie that explores identity (from our slides).
What is The Departed, Lady Bird, the Truman Show, Moonlight, Frozen II, and Fight Club.
A reference to other works that reader is presumably familiar with.
What is an allusion?
John is much too ________________ to comport with such liars and lawbreakers.
What is scrupulous?
Popularized the rags to riches trope in the United States.
Who is Horatio Alger?
Name 1 famous work (referenced on our slides) that explore this theme.
What are: The Call of the Wild, The Monkey Wrench Gang, Walden, Into the Wild, and the Pilgrim at Tinker Creek.
"Too black for the white kids, too white for the blacks. Went from honor roll to crackin’ locks off the bicycle racks."
Who is Earl Sweatshirt?
Why can the origami tiger be considered a symbol for Jack's identity?
What is because it was made from Christmas wrapping paper, showing two home cultures?
A jeopardy game about past jeopardy games would be quite a ____________ game indeed.
What is meta?
What is the name of the book about the Harvard Happiness study?
What is the Good Life?
Famous writer who penned the essay, "Self-Reliance."
Who is Ralph Waldo Emerson?
What is "We're Out of Ketchup"?
The attitude that a writer takes about a subject.
What is tone?
I love cuckoo clocks; I never thought they were _______________.
What is kitsch?
Many works suggest that pursuing the American Dream single-mindedly can lead to…(name 1 from slides).
What are tragedy, moral decay, broken promises, alienation from family, disappointment and lack of fulfillment in career or life.
The writers who advocated for a direct relationship with the “Sublime” rather than religious institutions.
Who are the Transcendentalists?
Author of Invisible Man.
The origami animal in "The Paper Menagerie" who wades into soy sauce.
What is the water buffalo?