Poetry Devices 1
What is RHYME SCHEME?
The pattern of rhyme (ABAB or ABCB, etc.)
A question asked not to elicit a response but to make a point or create an effect, often to emphasize a point or engage the audience.
___________ lived in DC and mentored other poets. She hosted 40 years of “Saturday Salons”
a. Gwendolyn Bennet
b. Zora Neale Hurston
c. Georgia Douglas Johnson
c. Georgia Douglas Johnson
Who was the anthropologist that interviewed the formerly enslaved individual Cudjo Lewis?
a. Alain Locke
b. Jean Toomer
c. Zora Neale Hurston
c. Zora Neale Hurston
Rebirth
What is THEME?
The message of a poem or literary work
What is EXTENDED METAPHOR?
A metaphor sustained or developed throughout a piece of writing or speech
________ explored themes of identity in his poetry. He did not like labels and believed his identity transcended labels.
A. Jean Toomer
B. Langston Hughes
C. Alain Locke
A. Jean Toomer
Who wrote, "Life for me ain't been no crystal stair"
A. Jean Toomer
B. Langston Hughes
C. Alain Locke
B. Langston Hughes
The Great Migration occurred between which decades?
A. 1865-1900
B. 1910-1970
C. 1980-2000
B
What is anaphora?
When a writer or speaker repeats the same word or phrase at the beginning of successive phrases or clauses for emphasis.
______ was a philosopher who was called "The Father of the Harlem Renaissance."
A. Jean Toomer
B. Langston Hughes
C. Alain Locke
Who wrote, "Thunder blossoms gorgeously above our heads,"
a. Countee Cullen
b. Claude McKay
c. Jean Toomer
C. Jean Toomer
TRUE OR FALSE: Alain Locke agreed with W.E.B. Dubois's statement, "all art is propaganda."
What is IAMBIC TRIMETER?
A line with 6 syllables
What is iambic tetrameter?
A line with 8 syllables
_________ was an anthropologist who collected folklore and stories from the American South, Jamaica, and Haiti.
a. Gwendolyn Bennet
b. Zora Neale Hurston
c. Georgia Douglas Johnson
b. Zora Neale Hurston
Who wrote, "Let us be still/ As ginger jars are still upon a shelf"
a. Gwendolyn Bennett
b. Zora Neale Hurston
c. Georgia Douglas Johnson
a. Gwendolyn Bennett
Josephine Baker became a spy for which country?
France
What is COMMON METER?
A specific meter often used in hymns and ballads, consisting of four lines with alternating lines of tetrameter (four metrical feet) and trimeter (three metrical feet), usually with a rhyme scheme of ABAB or ABCB.
14, iambic pentameter
__________ was a librarian in Harlem who mentored other artists. She wrote highly metaphorical poetry that could be interpreted in many ways.
a. Gwendolyn Bennett
b. Zora Neale Hurston
c. Georgia Douglas Johnson
A, Gwendolyn Bennett
Who wrote, "And who shall separate the dust/What later we shall be?"
a. Gwendolyn Bennet
b. Zora Neale Hurston
c. Georgia Douglas Johnson
c. Georgia Douglas Johnson
In 1927, which two writers took a famous road trip together from Alabama back north? (HINT: Both of these writers were interested in studying Southern dialect and culture).
Zora Neale Hurston & Langston Hughes