Origins of Literature
the study of myth, legend, and folktales
What is mythology?
What is epic poetry?
direct comparison without using like or as
What is a metaphor?
the essential bond between ____ and ____
What is the essential bond between man and nature?
Black Tuesday started this event
What is the Great Depression?
cultural stories of meaning but encompass a larger body of preserved wisdom like practical knowledge and cultural traditions.
What is a folktale?
a figure of national importance
What is the hero?
What is a FOIL ?
Lennie wants to eat this with his beans
What is ketchup?
movement that set the stage for Civil Rights Movement.
What is the Harlem Renaissance?
epic stories based on real-life events that story tellers have embellished over time
What is a legend?
the invocation
the emotion an author wants the reader to feel
What is mood?
the strong and rocky _______ _________.
What is the strong and rocky Gabilan mountains?
Some prospered during this time, while others ate ____ for dinner.
What is dust?
record historical events, reinforce a social order, and entertain
What is a myth?
The format
As __________, so _________.
What is an epic simile?
The four purposes of a setting
What is advances the plot, character development, develops mood, and allows the reader to visualize where the story takes place?
the reason George and Lennie had to hide in an irrigation ditch
What is Lennie tugged on a girl's dress and men were looking for them?
While this went down, this went up during the years of the Great Depression.
What is divorce and abandonment?
the original meaning of myth
What is story of the people?
the hero's action
What are deeds of superhuman courage?
interruption in a narrative that depicts events that have already occurred, either before the present time or before the time at which the narration takes place.
What is a flashback?
What are the rabbits?
Gender roles during the 1930s initiated this change that we still see today
What is gender role reversal?