Walt Whitman
Terms
Name That Author or Piece
Mark Twain
100
What type of writing style does Whitman use?
What is free verse?
100
What is the term for words that imitate sound?
What is onomatopoeia?
100
Where are we going, Walt Whitman? The doors close in an hour. Which way does your beard point tonight?
Who is Ginsberg?
100
Whose story was retold in "A True Story?"
Who is Aunt Rachel?
200
Why does Whitman use anaphora?
To make his point more powerful.
200
An anaphora is the _________ of an initial word or phrase.
What is repetition?
200
"Yes," said the girl. "Everything tastes like licorice. Especially all the things you waited so long for, like absinthe."
Who is Hemingway?
200
Who first receives the sack in Hadleyburg?
Who is Mrs. Richards?
300
What is the meaning behind the title of "Drum-taps?"
It's a recruiting poem, sends a signal, and is rhythmic.
300
What are the plot events that are in chronological order?
What is a linear narrative?
300
"Tomorrow, I'll be at the table When company comes. Nobody'll dare Say to me "Eat in the kitchen," Then."
Who is Hughes?
300
How much had the son aged when she reunited with him in "A True Story"
Became an adult or over ten years.
400
When was Whitman's death bed edition of "Leaves of Grass" published?
When is 1892?
400
Enjambment is the ________ of a sentence or clause over a line break.
What is a continuation?
400
"When the doctors came they said she had died of heart disease - if the joy that kills.""
Who is Chopin?
400
What was the crowd chanting when Mr. Richards left the town hall?
You are far from a bad man!
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