Poe Child
Poe served in this to earn money as a young man, and begin his career as a writer.
What is the Army?
After slavery, many southern states began to use these racially prejudiced laws to keep people of color oppressed.
What are JIM CROW laws?
She was as beautiful as a rose.
What is a simile?
At the age of 26, Poe married his 13 year old ______.
What is his cousin?
Many people of color decided to leave the south and seek opputunies in more urban northern cities in a move called the ______ ______.
What is the Great Migration?
The house was a fortress!
What is a metaphor?
After the death of his mother and being abandoned by his father, Poe was an _______ by age 3.
What is an orphan?
TRUE OR FALSE: Things were much better in the north than in the south for people of color.
FALSE: While the south had the Jim crow laws, the north also engaged in racially motivated discrimantion such as redling and union lockouts against black works.
Im so hungry I could eat the whole world!
What is Hyperbole?
He is said to have been the creator of this type of story.
What is a short/mystery story?
Also known as The Big Apple, this state was also home to the Harlem Reniassance, a cultural explosion of creativy and proseprity for black people post slavery.
What is New York?
The forest roared as the flames from the wildfire danced from tree to tree.
What is Personification?
For the rare and radiant maiden whom the angels name Lenore —
Nameless here for evermore.
What is The Raven?
This collage artist was heavily influenced by his personal experiences living in both the North and the South.
Who is Romare Bearden?
"Bye Felicia!" is this type of figurative reference.
What is allusion?