Harlem Renaissance
Name this poem and poet:"Sometimes perhaps you don't want to be a part of me. Nor do I often want to be a part of you."
"Theme for English B" by Langston Hughes
Who wrote this play?
Arthur Miller
Which author said this: "Cast down your bucket where you are"?
Booker T. Washington
What is alliteration and give an example.
similar starting sounds for words: tongue twister
What is the correct way to punctuate the title The Story of an Hour if you are handwriting and if you are typing?
Quotation marks for both: "The Story of an Hour" (short work)
Name the piece and author: this novel tells the story of Janie and Tea Cake through life and death, using figurative and descriptive language.
Their Eyes Were Watching God by Zora Neale Hurston.
Choose two male characters to name and describe.
John Proctor, Giles Corey, Rev. Hale, Rev. Parris, Gov. Danforth, Francis Nurse, Thomas Putnam.
What did the phrase "Cast down your bucket where you are" mean to the author?
Make friends of all races right around you; go to work in agriculture, mechanics, commerce, domestic service where you are; trust who you know around you.
What is an anecdote and when might an author use one?
A personal story used to illustrate a point.
What is the correct way to punctuate the title Souls of Black Folk if you are hand writing AND if you are typing?
Hand writing: Underline
Typing: Italics
Match the poet and poems:Jean Toomer, Countee Cullen, Arna Bontemps; "A Black Man Talks of Reaping" "Song of the Son" "From the Dark Tower"
Toomer: "Song of the Son"
Cullen: "From the Dark Tower"
Bontemps: "A Black Man Talks of Reaping"
Choose 3 female characters to name and describe.
Abigail Williams, Tituba, Betty Paris, Ruth & Ann Putnam, Mary Warren, Elizabeth Proctor, Mercy Lewis, Rebecca Nurse, Susanna Walcott.
Booker T or WEB? Tuskegee Institute; speech in Atlanta; advisor to presidents
Booker T. Washington
What is allusion and why might an author use it? Give an example.
A reference to a familiar topic used to make a connection with the reader.
Name all the FANBOYS and tell what part of speech they are.
for, and, nor, but, or, yet, so: coordinating conjunctions
Poem and poet? "Although she feeds me bread of bitterness, And sinks into my throat her tiger's tooth, Stealing my breath of life, I will confess I love this cultured hell that tests my youth."
Explain what happens by the end of the play to John Proctor, Elizabeth Proctor, Giles Corey, and Abigail Williams.
John: hanged, won't degrade his name; Elizabeth: pregnant, in jail; Giles: pressed to death for contempt of court; Abigail: runs away from Salem.
Booker T or WEB: called the other's stance "propaganda"; more of an activist; wrote Souls of Black Folk
W.E.B. DuBois
Explain irony and give an example from something we read this year.
Irony is a twist, often sarcastic, the reader doesn't expect or the reader sees but the characters don't.
Which is correct: If I eat now, I won't be hungry. OR I was hungry so I made an omelette.
Correct: If I eat now, I won't be hungry.
I was hungry, so I made an omelette.
What and when was the Harlem Renaissance?
An artistic, intellectual, social, musical, literary blossoming in Harlem, New York in the 1920's by African Americans.
Explain the similarity between the Salem Witch Trials and McCarthyism.
Fear of witches/Salem, MA/1690s; Fear of communists/USA/1950s; unfair judgment.
Explain how the two authors felt about protest.
Washington: folly
DuBois: necessary to gain deserved rights
Define anaphora and why an author would use it.
Repeated words to start lines or clauses. Used for sound effect, emphasis, rhythm.
Explain the difference between a dependent and an independent clause.
IC=complete sentence with subject and verb
DC=incomplete sentence, probably starts with a subordinating conjunction (AAAWWUBBIS word)