The Great Gatsby
Whitman/Dickinson
Realism
Modernism
Modernist Poetry
100
This is the author of The Great Gatsby
Who is F. Scott Fitzgerald?
100
Walt Whitman is known colloquially as the "father" of this poetic genre.
What is free verse?
100
This is the definition of Realism.
What is an attempt to shy away from Romanticism, fantasy, and emotion in favor of real-life portrayals of real people?
100
The key word to understanding the era of Modernism is
What is experimentation?
100
This is the new genre of poetry that put its prominent focus on imagery and allowing the "pictures" in the poem to do the talking.
What is What is imagism?
200
This is the setting (location, time period) of the novel.
What are West/East Egg, New York City, 1922
200
One of the major differences Emily Dickinson shared with Walt Whitman was that the vast majority was bound by rhyme and patterns of rhythm, in the world of English, known as...
What is meter?
200
This is the definition and an example of Regionalism.
What is literature that emphasizes a specific geographical setting and that makes use of speech and manners of the people who live in that region?
200
This is a discussion of how Miss Emily, in her finally revealed murderous state, was actually "created" by her society.
What is Miss Emily was "thwarted" in her attempt to marry by her overbearing, archetypally Southern father, not allowing her the necessary companionship of a loving husband. In addition, it is considered improper and socially irregular to ask a woman about personal hygiene (the smell).
200
This is Zora Neale Hurston's "point" in her autobiography - What she's trying to communicate.
What is how she became intent on a good education and developed a strong desire to read due to the kindness and intervention of strangers?
300
This is a description of the "love triangle" in the novel and how it reflects on the time period.
What is Tom Buchanan, married to Daisy Buchanan, has an affair with Myrtle, married to George Wilson. Myrtle is a social climber and is a perfect example of the corrupt and misguided desires of many people of the time period.
300
Though Whitman lacks the defined patterns of rhythm of Dickinson, his poetry often kept a long, easy sweep of sound that echoes the Bible and speeches of orators and preachers, known as...
What is cadence?
300
This is what we are searching for in Frederick Douglass's "Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass" when we try to figure out the reasons why Douglass is describing his experiences with slavery and how it changed him.
What is author intent or author's purpose?
300
This is a description of how Harold Krebs reflects (and reflects on) the time period in which he lives.
What is Krebs suffers from PTSD in an era before its diagnosis, due to his war-time experiences, as well as a serious detachment from other people. Krebs' own life reveals the time period as he observes the changes occurring in his neighborhood in regards to styles of clothing and hair.
300
This is the poem in which Countee Cullen discusses a moment in Baltimore that stuck with him for the rest of his life.
What is "Incident"?
400
This is an example of a symbol from the novel and a discussion of its possible interpretation as it pertains to the characters.
What is the green light at the dock? The green light could symbolize hope off in the distance for a generation that is sacrificing its dignity and morals for empty pursuits.
400
This is poetic technique of listing things, people, or events, and a description of how Whitman is able to do it. (Choose any poem)
What is catalog? Whitman is able to do it in "I Hear America Singing", when he lists the different identities Americans possess, including mechanics, carpenters, boatmen, wood-cutters, etc.
400
This is a detailed description of how point of view impacts Ambrose Bierce's short story "An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge".
What is changing the narration to show a different perspective, moving from first person omniscient to objective view, to third person limited, in which we only see the world through Peyton Farqhuar's eyes?
400
This is a description of the criteria of an an antihero and a modern example of one, complete with an explanation of why/how your example meets the criteria.
What is a non-heroic protagonist, whom the audience may or may not "like"? A flawed character, who remains, nonetheless, the main character. A good example would be the character Dexter, who, despite his "good" intentions, is still a merciless serial killer.
400
This is a discussion of how Langston Hughes mixes an upbeat rhythm with a rather sad and depressing mood in "The Weary Blues".
What is Hughes makes his poem musical by providing a definite beat with repeating lines (a chorus), mimicking jazz and the blues style of music. The music reflects the downtrodden condition of Harlem's Negro community.
500
This is an example of an issue raised in the novel and a theme that can be extracted from this issue.
What is materialism? A theme would be that the pursuit of material wealth can only lead to shallowness and unhappiness.
500
DAILY DOUBLE! Recite at least one line of a Whitman poem and explain why Whitman remains highly influential for modern day poets.
What is "I sound my barbaric yawp over the rooftops of the world!" from "Song of Myself". Whitman remains both popular and influential because he was the first major American poet to popularize the free verse genre of poetry, in which there are no restrictions on meter or verse.
500
This is a detailed discussion of the use of verbal irony in "War is Kind", in terms of the three different forms of verbal irony.
What is sarcasm, exaggeration, and understatement? All three of those function in the poem, as Stephen Crane discusses the horrors of war, while pretending to extol them.
500
This is a detailed discussion of the poem "Richard Cory's" use of connotations and the effect they create.
What is Robinson's use of the words, "sole to crown" rather than "foot to head", implying Cory's "royal stature in the town"?
500
This is a (from memory) recitation of William Carlos Williams' "The Red Wheel Barrow"
"So much depends on a red wheel barrow, glazed with rain water, beside the white chickens"
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