Literary Techniques
Prevalent figurative language used by Gwendolyn Brooks (discussed by group)
What is Repetition?
A trend discussed by group
What are racial undertones, the human experience or literary devices? (one of the above qualifies as correct)
Age when Brooks published her first poem
What is Thirteen?
Modern world poet Brooks resembles
What is Amanda Gorman?
A main job she held besides being a poet
What is Professor?
One type of rhyme scheme used by Brooks in any of the poems.
What is ABCB, free verse, ABAB CDCD EFEF AA, or ABCC? (one of the above qualifies as correct)
Group of people who served as the subject for the majority of Brooks' work
What is the black community?
City where Brooks lived
What is Chicago?
Movement that Brooks would be a part of if she lived today
What is the Black Lives Matter movement (or the Movement for Black Lives)?
State where Brooks was born
What is Kansas?
Gender of the speaker in group's poems
What is Female?
A prominent theme that Brooks discusses throughout her writing
What is the human experience/ the black experience?
The movement that caused Brooks to relocate to the city
What is the Great Migration?
Replacement phrase for Black Lives Matter movement
What is the Movement for Black Lives?
Title of a poem that Brooks wrote in 1960
What is The Bean Eaters?
Poetic form created by Brooks to connect on a personal level with black people while also offering connection to whites
What is Sonnet-ballad?
A way in which Brooks discusses the human experience.
What are dying and legacy, poverty and the experience it brings, ups and downs in relationships, or childhood?(one of the above qualifies as correct)
Reason behind Brooks' poetic style shift
What is the Civil Rights Movement?
Subject that Brooks provided a lot of commentary on
What is the condition of black people in urban America?
University which Brooks taught at
What is Columbia College Chicago, Northeastern Illinois University, Elmhurst College, or Columbia University?
Type of sentence structure utilized by Brooks
What are Short/choppy sentences?
The reason behind Brooks' use of choppy sentences in group poetry
What are emotions such as unknowingness, subject by subject, realistic to actual speech, or to convey sadness? (one of the above qualifies as correct)
How Brooks' style changed during the Civil Rights Era
What is more blunt and worldly?
A modern way in which people come together to support the Black Lives Matter movement online
What are educational social media posts, accounts, videos, or websites? (one of the above qualifies as correct)
Poetic form created by Brooks
What is Sonnet-Ballad?