The Name Game
Claudia Rankine wrote Between the World and Me.
Um, Actually...Ta-Nehisi Coates wrote that memoir.
Conflict is defined as any struggle that grows out of the interplay of two opposing forces. Classic examples include character vs character, character vs self, and character vs nature.
Um, actually... character vs society is missing from the list.
A metaphor is an expression of direct similarity using "like" or "as."
Um, Actually... that's a simile. Metaphor often compares dissimilar things and does NOT use "like" or "as."
Factual truth and emotional truth are considered interchangeable terms when analyzing creative nonfiction texts.
Um, Actually...Factual truth is anything that can be proven or corroborated using outside research. Emotional truth is meant to validate feelings expressed on the page even though they might differ from person to person.
The midterm exam will include a matching section, a multiple choice section, and an essay section.
Um, Actually...the midterm exam will include all of these sections PLUS a short answer section too.
"Girl" was written by Alice Munro.
Um, actually..."Girl" was written by Jamaica Kincaid.
"St. Lucy's Home for Girls Raised by Wolves" is about a group of rogue nuns conspiring to raise an army of werewolves to seek vengeance against a small town for defunding their school.
Um, actually, "St. Lucy's Home for Girls Raised by Wolves" is about a group of young girls learning to assimilate in a new environment and shed their wolfish tendencies.
These lines of poetry show examples of internal rhyme and slant rhyme:
"whose drowned face sleeps with open eyes/ whose breasts still bear the stress/ whose silver, copper, vermeil cargo lies"
Um, Actually... these lines are examples of internal rhyme and end rhyme.
The main concepts we use to analyze Creative Nonfiction include Form, Research and Scene.
Um, Actually...Commentary is also included in that list. Otherwise known as any type of reflection or analysis occurring directly on the page.
You only have to show up for one exam day.
Um, Actually... definitely do NOT do that. You must sit for BOTH sessions of the midterm. Having more time is designed for your success in the class.
Danez Smith wrote "Sagas of the Accidental Saint."
Um, Actually...Patricia Smith wrote that poem.
The narrator and the author are considered to be the same entity in fiction.
Um, actually, narrators and authors are distinct from each other in any genre.
The following lines of poetry show an example of Tenor vowel frequencies:
"continue to grow, continue/ to do what such plants do"
Um, Actually... most of those vowel frequencies are in the Bass register.
Ta-Nehisi Coates wrote his memoir as a collection of journal entries.
Um, Actually... he wrote it as a letter to his son.
“St. Lucy’s Home for Girls Raised by Wolves” was written by William Faulkner.
Um, actually...“St. Lucy’s Home for Girls Raised by Wolves” was written by Karen Russell.
"Where Are You Going, Where Have You Been?" was written by Carmen Maria Machado.
Um, Actually..."Where Are You Going, Where Have You Been?" was written by Joyce Carol Oates.
The Form of "The Yellow Wallpaper" is written as a series of declassified medical documents.
Um, actually...the Form of "The Yellow Wallpaper" is written as journal entries.
Cesura is French for "striding over" and it's when there's no punctuation at the end of a poetic line.
Um, Actually...the correct term is Enjambment.
Themes are specific subjects or feelings that are meditated on either implicitly or explicitly only in works of creative nonfiction writing.
Um, Actually...themes are prevalent in every genre of literature--fiction, drama, poetry, AND creative nonfiction.
The midterm exam will be open note and open book.
Um, Actually...in your dreams! It's a closed exam. Make time to study. :)
Ada Limon wrote "Diving into the Wreck."
Um, Actually... Adrienne Rich wrote that poem.
At the end of "Boys and Girls," the narrator rides Flora to escape her overbearing mother.
Um, actually, the narrator just sets Flora free.
This line of poetry shows an example of Assonance:
“After the birthing of bombs of forks and fear”
Um, Actually... this line of poetry offers an example of consonance.
Anytime the narrator in a work of CNF expresses an emotion or thought-process that isn't already apparent in the scene taking place is an example of Commentary.
Um, Actually... this is considered an example of Interiority.
"A Rose for Emily" offers an example of focused third-person point of view.
Um, actually..."A Rose for Emily" offers an example of first-person plural point of view.