Literary Terms
This is the feeling/attitude an author brings to a piece of literature-
What is the tone?
Why was Mrs. Mallard happy after finding out about her husband's death, in your opinion?
According to the story, she felt "free."
Why is "My Papa's Waltz" potentially controversial?
One interpretation is that this poem represents abuse and discipline happening to the child in the poem.
The format style used for papers in the English department.
What is MLA?
Which poet/author is known to have been a recluse during a large part of her life?
Who is Emily Dickinson?
What is a theme?
The main message being put forth, figuratively or literally
What was the setting(s) of Updike's "A&P"?
North of Boston, on the coast, small town, grocery store, 1960's
In Langston Hughes' "Negro," the narrator is proud to be a black man. True or False?
The name of the final page of a researched document, listing all the sources referenced within the work.
What is the Works Cited Page?
What comparisons can be drawn between the author of "Everyday Use" and the story?
When a character in the story tells the story, this is which point of view?
What is first person point of view?
What were some of the conflicts in "The Storm"?
The physical storm, affair
Which poem does this stanza come from?
Now you will not swell the rout
Of lads that wore their honours out,
Runners whom renown outran
And the name died before the man.
So set, before its echoes fade,
The fleet foot on the sill of shade,
And hold to the low lintel up
The still-defended challenge-cup.
What is "To An Athlete Dying Young"?
BONUS!!!
Guess where Dr. Barrios is moving over the summer?
What is back to Texas?
Which author/poet was a central figure in the Harlem Renaissance?
Who was Langston Hughes?
What is the difference between a dynamic and a flat character?
A dynamic character changes, has a formative moment. A flat character is not developed.
Name and explain at least two themes from "New York Day Women."
In "Suicide Note," why are these words often written to the side?:
not good enough not pretty enough not smart enough
They emphasize the words the narrator heard in the back of her mind.
While reading may be the core of literacy, Naomi Baron argues that literacy can be complete only when reading is accompanied by writing (194).
Is this citation right or wrong?
What is right?
Why is it important to recognize that the poet/author of"The Suicide Note" is an Asian American woman?
The poem reflects high expectations of parents, a common theme in Asian cultures.
In poetry, the repetition of the sound of a vowel or diphthong in non-rhyming stressed syllables near enough to each other for the echo to be discernible
What is assonance?
The main character in "A Worn Path" is Phoenix. Why is that name appropriate for her?
She continued to overcome adversity, conflicts, racism.
What is the purpose of the poem "Dulce et Decorum Est"?
What is to provide an non-romanticized depiction of war?
The order of sources in a works cited list.
What is alphabetical by author?
This person was an American author of short stories and novels based in Louisiana. She wrote two of the stories we read in this class.