Those Periods are Lit!
This literary period emphasized alienation, fragmentation, and disillusionment after World War I.
What is the Modernist Period?
When the reader first meets Jay Gatsby, he is reaching his arms out toward the green light, which glows from this point across the bay.
What is the end of Daisy's dock?
The New York City borough of Harlem may have been the center of the Harlem Renaissance, but the movement's effects were felt as far as Los Angeles and this city, where Lorraine Hansberry would eventually set A Raisin in the Sun.
What is Chicago?
This is a rhetorical appeal to people's emotions.
What is pathos?
MLK's "I Have a Dream" speech has this as its intended audience.
What are all Americans?
This narrative style attempts to capture the uninterrupted flow of a character’s thoughts.
What is stream-of-consciousness?
Nick Carraway ultimately decides that Tom and Daisy are these type of wealthy people, describing them with this "c" word.
What is careless?
This movement of African Americans from the South helped fuel the Harlem Renaissance, and lasted through 1970 or so.
What is the Great Migration?
Credibility and expertise are components of this rhetorical appeal.
What is ethos?
Malcolm X uses antithesis in his speech by claiming that he sees no American Dream, but rather this.
What is an American nightmare?
F. Scott Fitzgerald was often called the "chronicler" of this because of how closely his writing captured 1920s America.
What is the Jazz age?
As a symbol for a silent God, Fitzgerald uses the eyes of this character who watches over the Valley of Ashes from a billboard.
Who is doctor is T.J. Eckelberg?
Langston Hughes blended jazz rhythms and this linguistic variety into his poetry.
What is AAVE or BEV? (African American Vernacular English or Black English Vernacular).
Using clear logic and organization in an argument is an appeal to this.
What is logos?
While MLK is a proponent of nonviolence, Malcolm X demands immediate equality, "by any ___________ __________." (two words)
What is by any means necessary?
Ezra Pound and other poets associated with this movement emphasized precision, imagery, and concise language.
What is Imagism?
Besides Daisy, what does Gatsby most seem to want to recapture in the novel?
What is the past?
Hughes’ poem “I, Too” directly responds to the poem "I Hear America Singing" written by this mid-nineteenth century Transcendentalist poet.
Who is Walt Whitman?
Repetition of consonant sounds within the middle of successive words is an example of this literary device.
What is consonance?
King compares America’s broken promises to Black citizens to this financial metaphor.
What is a bad check or promissory note?
Sometimes referred to as a literary movement within the Contemporary era, this type of literature abandons any notion of absolute Truth or meaning in favor of playfulness and subjectivity.
What is postmodern literature?
Hey, old sport! James Gatz likely learned the "old sport" catch phrase from this old mentor and sailing partner.
Who is Dan Cody?
Without the Harlem Renaissance, America would likely not see this movement that lasted from the 1950s to 1970 or so.
What is the Civil Rights movement?
"Government of the people, by the people, and for the people" is an example of this literary technique.
What is epistrophe?
What is alliteration?