Modernism Terms
The Great Gatsby
Poetry Fun!
Historical Context
Random Stuff
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This literary movement was around the time period 1910-1940- and it's motto was- "Make it New"
What is MODERNISM
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The Author of the Great Gatsby
Who is F. Scott Fitzgerald
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Read the Following Tongue Twister as fast as you can..... "Peter Piper Picked a Peck of Pickled Peppers, a Peck of Pickled Peppers Peter Piper Picked....if Peter Piper Picked a Peck of Pickled Peppers, where's the peck of pickled peppers Peter Piper picked!?" What literary device is this an example of?
Alliteration!
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What was the name of the DROUGHT that swept over the great plains of America...
The DUST BOWL
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"Helen of Troy" (referring to Greek mythology) is an example of what type of literary device?
Allusion
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THE STYLE OF POETRY THAT EMPHASIZES THE IMAGES AND let's the Image be interpreted by the reader...
What is IMAGISM!
200
The most arrogant and supercilious character in the novel.
Who is Tom Buchanan :)
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"The sea's white fingers curled around the children's feet as they played at the beach." What is this literary device? Why?
PERSONIFICATION
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When America made the distribution of alcohol illegal in the 1920's- it was called...
Prohibition
200
The Setting of the Great Gatsby is...Where?
Long Island, NY! 1920's! :) yay!
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This Style of Poetry allows the Object to speak for itself. The poet doesn't tell the reader how to interpret the object...
What is OBJECTIVISM!!!!
300
The symbol for the IDEAL PICTURE of DAISY and the Dissipation of the American Dream... :)
What is the GREEN LIGHT! :)
300
The Poet Langston Hughes was a part of what literary movement??
The HARLEM RENAISSANCE!!
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What was the key event that triggered the end of the ROARING 20's and the downfall of the American Economy in the 1930s? **And what was that called**?
The stock market crash in 1929, ---it was called- the GREAT DEPRESSION.
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Read the following lines in a British accent... He never sleeps, he never slumbers These two lines are an example of what type of literary device?
Parallelism! :) Cheers, mate!
400
The Dates for Modernism
What is 1910-1940
400
Fitzgerald's ultimate goal for writing the Great Gatsby is to show....
The Failure of the American Dream...
400
A specific literary device where words convey SOUNDS.. "The formation of a word from a sound associated with what it is named" ....
Onomatopoeia!!
400
The flowering of African American poetry, art, and music is referred to as...
THE HARLEM RENAISSANCE!!!!
400
The following lines are an example of what 2 literary devices? Then create your own! GO! Life is like a box of chocolates! Life is a highway.
1) simile 2) metaphor
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The style of writing that incorporates the authors inner thoughts and feelings in a unique style similar to journaling or blogging.
What is STREAM of CONSCIOUSNESS??
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Fitzgerald was a part of a group of writers who were disillusioned about the American Dream...What was that group called?
The Lost Generation!!!
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FROM THE WORDS BELOW- which one has the strongest NEGATIVE CONNOTATION? a) Thin c) Scrawny b) Slender d) Skinny
Scrawny
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What right did the women gain during this time period?
The Right to VOTE! :) yay!
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These song lyrics are from WHAT SONG? And what 3 examples of literary devices are used? "Sunshine she's here, you can take a break I'm a hot air balloon that could go to space With the air, like I don't care ..... .... if you feel like a room without a roof"
"HAPPY" by Pharrel Williams! 1) personification *sunshine-she's here 2) Metaphor- I am a hot air balloon 3) Simile- Like a room without a roof...
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