Authors (Last Name)
This poet of New Spain became a nun to pursue education
A reference to a person, place, thing, event, or other literary work
Allusion
Representation through language of sense experience (sight, touch, taste, smell, hear)
Imagery
What is the central message of Momaday's "The Becoming of the Native"?
Explain the central idea of "To My Dear and Loving Husband".
The speaker's love for her husband transcends earthly bounds.
The name for the cross-Atlantic portion of the voyage for slaves.
The Middle Passage
Widely regarded as the first published Black author in the US
Wheatley
repetition of words and phrases at the beginning of successive lines
Anaphora
The attitude a writer takes toward the subject of a work, the characters in it, or the audience.
Tone
What trait does "When Grizzlies Walked Upright" warn against through the character of the daughter?
Curiosity
Explain the speaker's final attitude in "Upon the Burning of My House".
She feels gratitude for her eternal home in heaven with God.
What was the purpose of Equiano writing his memoirs of his experience as a slave?
A Puritan wife and mother known for her plain style conveying complex emotions and themes
Bradstreet
When two essentially dissimilar objects or concepts are expressly compared with one another through the use of “like” or “as.”
Simile
When contradictory statements or situations reveal a reality that is different from what appears to be true.
Irony
According to legend, why do Modocs never kill grizzly bears?
In her poem "Hombres Necios", de la Cruz references Thais and Lucretia. What literary device is this?
Allusion
Explain Equiano's comparison of himself vs. the sea creatures.
He longs to be as free as they are.
This tribe lived in current Oregon/Northern California; known for their intricate basket weaving techniques
Modoc
Two successive lines that rhyme
couplet
A figure of speech that makes a comparison between two non-similar things
Metaphor
Dreams, Animals, Women
vs.
Hierarchy & Obedience
Explain the literary device used in the following lines:
You foolish men who lay
the guilt on women,
not seeing you’re the cause
of the very thing you blame;
Irony
Explain why Wheatley alludes to Cain in her poem.
She is referencing how Cain was "marked by God" and how that is often used to discriminate against those with darker skin
His memoir became an important piece of literature in the abolitionist movement
Equiano
Image or description that appears self-contradictory but reveals a deeper truth
Paradox
Unaccented syllable followed by an accented syllable
Iamb
Name the three conflicting characteristics of the tricker. (_____ yet ______).
Shrewd yet foolish
Mean yet kind
Cunning yet careless.
Name the literary device being used:
In silent night when rest I took. ( u / )
Iambs
Explain how Wheatley expresses a subversive tone in "On Being Brought From Africa to America".