Notable quotables
"If we must die, let it not be like hogs"
What is "If We Must Die"?
The Great Gatsby
What is 1925?
Wanted to swim out where no woman had swim swam swum before.
Who is Edna Pontellier?
Setting of The Crucible
Where is Salem?
object that represents something other than itself; green light
What is symbol?
"So we beat on, boats against the current, borne back ceaselessly into the past"
What is The Great Gatsby old sport?
The Jazz Age
What is the 1920s?
Cora's mom
Who is Mabel?
the pigeon house
What is The Awakening?
Hemingway's theory of writing, where meaning lies beneath the surface
What is the ice-berg theory?
"My soul has grown deep like the rivers"
What is The Negro Speaks of Rivers?
Song of Myself
When is 1855?
Wonders, will the mermaids sing to him?
Who is J. Alfred Prufrock?
The Freedom Trail
What is The Underground Railroad?
a brief, indirect reference to other literature
"It is your nature to be small and cozy/ domestic and weak"
What is A Work of Artifice?
The Crucible setting
When is 1692?
Invites Nick Carraway to look at his cuff buttons.
Who is Meyer Wolfsheim?
George Wilson's Garage
What is the Valley of Ashes?
an address to an inanimate object; "Oh moon!"
What is apostrophe?
"He's got a lot coming to him"
What is In Our Time?
The Red Summer
When is 1919?
Not Bart's father, but Writes down Ridgeway's last words.
Who is Homer?
Soldier's Home
Where is Oklahoma?
the repetition of words or phrases at the beginning of successive lines
What is anaphora?