A Streetcar Named Desire
Purple Hibiscus
To Pimp A Butterfly
Literary Terms
Stylistic Techniques
100

Stanley is the captain of a team that plays this sport.

Bowling

100

What does father Benedict symbolize?


White colonialism

100

Snoop Dogg appears on what song on TPAB?


Institutionalized


100

Shows what a character is like by describing what they say and do, or what others say about them or do around them. 

indirect characterization

100

A device where an object or idea is symbolically repeated throughout a work

motif

200

the names of the two characters who live upstairs from Stanley and Stella (you need both)

Eunice & Steve

200

What do the love sips symbolize?

The painful love that Kambili was taught to expect from her father.

200

Name the 3 types of politics in Hood Politics

Music industry, government, and street gang life

200
Name the two types of characters that change/do not change throughout a novel.

dynamic & static characters

200

Name three types of contrast

juxtaposition, oxymoron, antithesis

300

the name of the hotel asks Blanche to leave

The Flamingo

300

What does the purple hibiscus represent?


The flower symbolizes the freedom Kambili and Jaja found in Nsukka.

300

Wesley’s Theory shares a verse with what other song in the album?


Alright


300

When the audience knows something that the characters on stage do not

dramatic irony

300

Name the device (not a simile): She had a smile like the Mona Lisa.

Allusion

400

This is the name of the person Stanley uses to check up on Blanche


Shaw

400

What does Aunty Ifeoma call Papa-Nnukwu, instead of a pagan?


A traditionalist

400

how many songs are there on pimp a butterfly? +- 2 

16 tracks

400

Name three types of setting 

mirror, alien, mold, escape

400

What is the difference in these sentences? “You must have an ice cream!” VS “You could have an ice cream, if you wanted one."

Modality

500

Stanley Kowalski and Mr. Mulgrew, are both this astrological sign, signified by the goat (Blanche points it out)

Capricorn

500

What joke does Ade Coker make about Papa's children and the Standard?


Ade Coker comments on how "quiet" Jaja and Kambili are and says, "Imagine what the Standard would be if we were all quiet."


500

Winnin' in every decision, Kendrick is master that mastered it
Isn't it lovely how menaces turned attraction?
Pivotin' rappers, finish your fraction while writing blue magic
Thank God for rap
I would say it got me a plaque, but what's better than that?
The fact it brought me _______

back home

500

This term refers to a contradiction of two opposing characters, often used to reveal a deeper truth about a character or situation.


Foil character

500

Which sound device is this? "The little boy kicked the ball, his laughter ringing out as it rolled into the tall grass."

Consonance