Terms
An event in a story that violates normal expectations.
What is Situational Irony?
Arna Bontemps wrote which story?
A Black Man Talks of Reaping.
An example of situational irony is found in these lines from what poem? "I scattered seed enough to plant the land, in rows from Canada to Mexico, but for my reaping only what the hand can hold at once is all that I can show."
What is A Black Man Talks of Reaping?
Which poem is an example of a biblical response to death?
Go Down Death
Who tells Beauty this "Do not trust too much to your eyes."
What is dramatic irony?
Nathaniel Hawthorne was the Author of which story?
Dr. Heidegger's experiment
Dr. Heidegger's story has an example of dramatic irony in an image seen in a mirror. What is that image?
The mirror reflected the figures of the newly younger four- but in the mirror, they are still old and gray.
One of my favorite ways to describe Bontemp's poem is with this adjective...
Persuasive! Through metaphor and irony this author persuades the reader to feel sympathy.
Hawthorne's story reveals his view of man's nature, what is his view?
He believes that man is fundamentally flawed and his friend's return to the foolishness of their youth confirm this belief.
A recurring theme in a literary work that is stated outright.
What is an explicit theme?
Dylan Thomas was the author and narrator of which poem?
Do Not Go Gentle into that Good Night.
Go Down Death is based on a folk song.
No, not it is not.
Authorial intent is best identified with this title.
"Quality."
Love, real love sees beyond the outward appearance and sees...
the beauty of one's soul as it changes throughout all stages of life.
A person, place, thing or idea that means something in addition to itself.
What is a symbol?
John Galsworthy wrote
Quality
The Silver Mine is a symbol of how wealth can corrupt and destroy. Who warned the King by sharing his experiences?
The Parson.
When You are Old highlights this.
Inner Beauty
Which two stories/poems reflect the same idea in this unit?
Beauty and the Beast and When You are Old.
What is Allegory?
Who wrote Beauty and the Beast?
Suzanne Barbot De Villeneuve
In "When You are Old," this author teaches us that real love should be cherished lest it be lost.
William Butler Yeats
The Parishioner's can be best described as
healthy, content, and upright citizens.
An extended metaphor runs the entire length of a work of literature. In Bontemp's poem, he uses an extended metaphor as he draws a comparison between
the process of farming and the life labors of African Americans. First by sowing his field, then by tending it, and finally seeking to reap- but only reaping the leftovers, he shows the efforts of black men seldom yielded the harvest they were due.