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What is the author's attitude toward his subject often referred to in literature?
Tone
100

How did Nanny view marriage and compare it to how Janie viewed marriage

Nanny saw marriage as something transactional while Janie had a more fairy tale perspective of marriage 

100

What is a similarity between a analogy and a simile?

Both are used to highlight the comparison between 2 things

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Invective
What is a verbally abusive attack called?
100

Refined 

To be elegant and cultured in appearance, manner, or taste

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What is a work that funcions on a symbolic level called?
Allegory
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Why is it ironic that Tea Cake let Janie play chess? 

It is ironic because during this time period because chess was meant for men, so Tea Cake seeing it as "natural" made emphasized breaking patriarchal gender norms 

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What is asyndeton?

The omission of conjunctions (and,but,or,nor,etc) that would ordinarily join words

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Irony
What is an unexpected twist or contrast between what happens and what was intended or expected to happen?
200

What is cynical?

Believing that people are motivated by self-interest, distrustful of human sincerity or integrity

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Allusion
What is a reference to another literary work called?
300

Why didn't Hezekiah want Janie and Tea Cake to be in a relationship?

He didn't want this because he knew that Tea Cake was poor and he probably would of wanted to use Janie for her money and her status 

300

What is the difference between parallelism and antithesis?

Parallelism used comparing ideas in parallel arrangement while antithesis uses contrasting ideas in parallel arrangement

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Logic
What appeal deals with the process of reasoning?
300

Frivolous

Not having any serious purpose or value

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Antithesis
What is the presentation of two contrasting images called? Hint: The ideas are balanced by word, phrase, clause, or paragraphs.
400

Who said “She ain't good for nothin' exceptin' tuh set up in uh corner by de kitchen stove and break wood over her head"? Who did they say it to and why?

Tea Cake said this and he said it to comfort Janie after she confronted him about flirting with Nunkie 

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What's the difference between connotation and denotation?

Connotation is the emotions evoked by a word while a denotation is the exact definition of a word

400
Metaphor
What is a direct comparison between dissimlar things called?
400

Magnanimous

Benevolent; very generous or forgiving, especially toward a rival or someone less powerful than oneself 

500
Attitude
What is the relationship an author has toward his or her subject, and/or his or her audience called?
500

What year was the book published and why documented event occurred during this time? 

The book was publicized in 1937 and its apart of the Harlem Renaissance 

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What are the different types of diction?

Concrete, Abstract, Low/Informal, Elevated/Formal and Colloquial

500
Metonymy
What is a figure of speech in which a representative term is used for a larger idea called?
500

Scrupulous

1) Diligent, thorough, and attentive to detail; 2) concerned about avoiding wrong-doing; moral