Black History Month
Poetry
Potpourri
Literary Terms
Vocabulary
100
African slaves often sang these while they worked in the fields.
What is spirituals.
100
This poem is an example of local color written by a woman.
What is Sarah Josepha Hale.
100
What was the main ambition of Mark Twain's friends on the Mississippi River
What is to become steamboatmen.
100
The way a writer expresses ideas through style, form, content, and purpose.
What is voice
100
A thin coating of gold, something that gives an attractive but often false appearance.
What is gilding
200
He was an African slave who ran away and became free.
Who is James W.C. Pennington
200
What poem talks about the Civil War and uses rhythm known as anaphora in it.
What is Beat! Beat! Drums!
200
He was liked by both African Americans and White Men.
Who is Frederick Douglas.
200
Repeating sounds by using words whose beginning consonant sounds are the same.
What is alliteration.
200
Dispayed or made obvious
What is manifested
300
He packed himself up in a box and shipped himself to freedom.
Who is Henry Box Brown.
300
This family receives news about their son and mother sends for father.
What is "Come Up from the Fields Father.
300
He wrote a letter to Mrs. Bixby.
Who is Abraham Lincoln.
300
Pictures created by words; the use of words that appeal to the five senses.
What is imagery
300
Approval, praise
What is approbation
400
He wrote "What the Black Man Wants."
Who is Frederick Douglas.
400
This poem is actually known as a ballad and talks about traveling on a trail.
What is the Chisolm Trail.
400
He was the leader of the Duwamish tribe.
Who is Chief Seattle
400
The repeated use of a word or expression at the beginning of a line, phrase, or clause.
What is anaphora
400
What is a small amount?
What is a pittance.
500
What does the Black Man Want?
What is the right t vote
500
This chief no longer wanted to fight the army, he just wanted peace.
Who is Chief Joseph
500
We are American Indians from the Pacific Northwest.
What is the Makah.
500
The struggle of the main character against himself or herself, another person, or nature.
What is conflict
500
Wandering; moving with no set path
What is wildering
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