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The repetition of similar consonant sounds in a group of words
What is alliteration
100
These writers challenged the traditional values of society and forms or literature
Who are the Modern writers
100
The contrast between actual meaning and the suggestion of another meaning
What is irony
100
The sinking of the Titanic and the Stock Market crash were historical events of this time period
What is the Modern Age
100
Something that is simultaneously itself and a sign of something else
What is a symbol
200
The repetition of identical or similar consonant sounds, normally at the beginnings of words
What is consonance
200
Writers of this time period questioned traditional values, focused on social problems and human despair
What is WWI
200
The opposite of a hyperbole
What is understatement
200
This word is from the Greek, meaning "to make or create"
What is poetry
200
A kind of metaphor that gives inanimate objects or abstract ideas human characteristics
What is personification
300
The repetition of identical or similar vowel sounds
What is assonance
300
These writers focused on the macabre and had a significant influence on subsequent American literature
Who are the Southern writers
300
The manner in which an author expresses his or her attitude
What is tone
300
This time period is when African American writers turned New York city into a center of creativity
What is the Harlem Renaissance
300
A deliberate, extravagant, and often courageous exaggeration
What is hyperbole
400
The use of words whose sound suggests their meaning
What is onomatopoeia
400
Political, social, and cultural forces contributed to the rise of this in the 60s and 70s
What are protest movements
400
William Williams was greatly influential over this generation
What is the Beat Generation
400
A situation or action or feeling that appears to be contradictory but on inspection turns out to be true or at least to make sense
What is a paradox
500
A figurative use of language in which comparison is expressed without the use of a comparative term
What is a metaphor
500
This event encouraged a revival of Regionalist authors and literature
What is the Depression
500
A reference in a work of literature to something outside of the work
What is allusion
500
This time period consists of a practice of regional rather than central systems of administration
What is Regionalism
500
A directly expressed comparison usually using like, as, or than
What is a simile