Toni Morrison
The year Morrison published Home
2012
Contemporary Lit has well-defined, realistic, and highly developed WHAT?
characters
The term for the author’s or speaker’s attitude towards the subject
tone
Frank says to Billy, “You can’t just shoot a kid.” What literary device is this?
irony
Who does the following quote describe: “He loved himself so deeply, so completely, it was impossible to doubt his conviction”?
Prince
This symbol represents the idea of a “made man”—one who is confident, successful, and has material wealth.
Zoot-suit man
Toni Morrison addresses the “Handprint of History.” What does this mean?
addressing the effects of such realities as racism, sexism, war, violence, brutality, harassment
What is the time period of contemporary literature?
1950s-present
The term for the customs, manner, speech and other typical features of a particular place/location that author’s try to capture in their writing
local color
The term for writing that aims to capture the way a person thinks—with pauses, repetition, incomplete ideas
stream-of-consciousness
Who wrote the following: “Come fast. She be dead if you tarry.”
Sarah
This symbol represents the idea of a “real man”—one who stands tall and fights for what he wants.
horses
What University did Toni Morrison teach at until she retired in 2006?
Contemporary literature focuses on defining WHAT in a complex world?
the individual
What is the term for ordinary, everyday language?
vernacular
The term for an act committed in order to find forgiveness for a sin or right a wrong
penance
Who is described in the following quote: “Unobstructed and undistracted she could get serious and develop a plan to match her ambitions and succeed. That was what her parents has taught her and what she had promised them: To choose, they insisted, and not ever be moved.”
Lily
This ACT represents Frank’s penance for killing the little Korean girl.
Giving a proper burial to the man they saw buried when they were children
In 1993, Toni Morrison was the first African-American woman to win this world-wide literary prize
Nobel Prize for Literature
Because it focuses on real situations, Contemporary lit tends to be ______
controversial
The term for an informal word or phrase used in everyday conversation particular to a region
colloquialism
A quotation or poem that appears at the beginning of a work of literature which introduces or refers to the larger themes of the piece
epigraph
Who describes Cee in this way: “The girl was hopeless and had to be corrected every minute. The circumstances of her birth did not bode well.”
Lenore
This symbol represents the idea of something beautiful that rises out of nothing, even dirt.
Lotus flower
In what state was Toni Morrison born and raised?
Ohio
Contemporary stories tend to be driven by ___ rather than ____ (both answers)
character, plot
Dialect is language specific to a region and is marked by 3 characteristics. Name 2
accent, word choice, syntax
The name of the science which deals with the improvement as by control of human mating or hereditary qualities of a race or breeding
eugenics
Who is described here: “It was a delight to see those small hands lift the heavy iron effortlessly, …She was 12, with that combination of raucous child’s play and adult execution of chores. “
Jackie
This symbol represents both Frank and Cee—who have been “split down the middle” by violence, racism, ignorance, and poverty, but who have grown around their wounds and have the strength to not only survive but thrive
sweet bay tree