The Harlem Renaissance
Edgar Allen Poe
Bits and Bobs
Literary Words
Do this tomorrow on the unit test
100

The state in which the heart of the Harlem Renaissance was located.

What is New York?

100

What poem is this line form: On the pallid bust of Pallas

What is "The Raven"

100

What do you call a flock of crows? 

What is a  “murder.” 

100

 The highest point of intensity in a short story.

 What is the climax

100

What do we do to understand a poem?

Annotate and analyze

200

A famous jazz music nightclub located in Harlem, New York, featured performances from musicians such as Duke Ellington and Cab Calloway.

What is The Cotton Club?

200

What story is the character from Prince Prospero 

What is "The Masque of the Red Death"?

200

This channel is all cartoons.

What is Cartoon Network?

200

Something that stands for something more than itself.

What is a symbol

200

What do we call reaching conclusions based on evidence and reasoning?

What is an inference?

300

Two crucial events lead to the downfall of The Harlem Renaissance: The Harlem Riot of 1935 and The _________ _______________.

What is The Great Depression (Crash of Wall Street)?

300

DOUBLE POINTS-What is Poe's wife's name?

What is Virginia 

300

Who is the villain in “Peter Pan”?

Who is Captain Hook 

300

The word sounds like what it describes. FYI- It's Ms. Inabinett's favorite

 What is onomatopeia

300

To restate someone else's ideas in your own language at roughly the same level of detail. 

What is paraphrase 

400

DOUBLE POINTS In response to their harsh treatment in the south, between 1910 and 1930, African-American families migrated to Northern cities in multitudes; this is referred to as The _________ ____________.

What is The Great Migration?

400

What NFL Team is named after Poe? 

Who are the Baltimore Ravens

400

What font style do we use in MLA Formatting? 

What is Times New Roman 

400

The implied attitude of the writer toward the subject or the audience.

What is the tone

400

TRIPLE POINTS-Combining elements of several sources to help you make a point. 

What is synthesize

500

The four-letter acronym for the nation's oldest and largest civil rights organization was created just before the start of the Harlem Renaissance.

What is The N.A.A.C.P.?

500

What is the only word the raven repeats in "The Raven."

What is nevermore

500

The name of the woman who got her start at The Cotton Club? 

Who is Josephine Baker 

500

Example: I will die if I don't get to see Lady Gaga in concert this year.

What is hyperbole

500

What is a narrative story that conveys a complex, abstract, or difficult message?

What is a allegory in literature?

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