Quotes
"What you speak of is murder."
Sanger Rainsford
the repetition of words or phrases at the beginning of lines of poetry
anaphora
Du Bois's essay assessed this man as well as his critics
Booker T. Washington
the school Booker T. Washington attended
Hampton Institute
"Whenever it is written - and I hope it will be - the part that the Yankee teachers played in education..."
Booker T. Washington
at an important point of action rather than at the chronological beginning
in media res
This man hunts others on his island and doesn't provide them with any protection.
General Zaroff
This world event was taking place at the same time the Endurance crew was sailing south
World War 1
"What a pity. We have made this great boat journey and nobody will ever know."
F. A. Worsley
the writer's assertion or position on a topic
claim
This wife proved that marriage is worth enduring much hardship to maintain.
Penelope
This is where Booker T. Washington had to make his home in Richmond
under the sidewalk
"Listening to them allowed me to experience childhood in a way that I hadn't known was possible. It let me be a normal kid."
Ishmael Beah
the mood or emotion pervading a work
atmosphere
This kid was not seeking seeking sympathy, but rather put a humorous twist on his difficult childhood coming to America.
Ishmael Beah
archetype
"I armed myself long ago against the frauds of men."
Penelope
a standard phrase inserted to to describe a particular person or thing that recurs in the poem
Homeric epithet
This man returned to Elephant Island with Shackleton to rescue his mates.
Worsley
brief poems expressing the personal views of a single speaker on a particular topic
lyric poem