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Poetry
Folk Tradition
ML King, Jr
Tom Sawyer
Romeo and Juliet
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Originated with the Greek root word for work
What is poem?
100
The passing of stories, poems and songs by word of mouth
What is oral tradition?
100
The year the Civil Rights Act was enacted.
What is 1964?
100
"My! Dat's a might gay marvel, I tell you!" is an example of what.
What is dialect?
100
Committed suicide with a dagger
Who is Juliet?
200
Poetry differs from prose because . . .
What is poetry compresses meaning into fewer words?
200
Stories that often contain elements of humor and large exaggerations about the characters.
What are tall tales?
200
Martin Luther King, Jr fought specifically for
What is civil rights for all people?
200
Aunt Polly suffers confusion about the ways to discipline Tom, is an example of what type of conflict.
What is internal confict?
200
Raised Juliet since birth
Who is the nurse?
300
Highly musical verse expressing the emotion of the speaker, with a rhyming or meter pattern like a song
What is lyric poetry?
300
A story that tries to explain objects or events in nature through the use of gods and goddesses.
What is a myth?
300
Abraham Lincoln signed the Emancipation Proclamation in
What is 1863?
300
By using examples of the belief in superstitions, what does it say about the people of St. Petersburg.
What is they are simple-minded, small-town folk?
300
Supplied a potion to Juliet
Who is Friar Lawrence?
400
A poem that relies on such elements as monologue and dialogue to help tell the story
What is dramatic poetry?
400
"Steal Away" and "Go Down, Moses" are examples of
What are spirituals?
400
The literary element named for the reference to famous people, events or points in history
What is allusion?
400
The only reason Huck returns to the Widow Douglas after his conversation with Tom.
What is he would be able to join the gang of robbers?
400
Chose Juliet's husband for her
Who is Lord Capulet?
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The only thing that poems have in common
What is imaginative, descriptive language used to communicate ideas?
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Stories that contain elements of fantasy, but are generally based on real events or people.
What are legends?
500
Martin Luther King, Jr delivered his famous speech to a crowd of about how many people and where.
What is about 200,000 on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, DC?
500
Aunt Polly's use of potions and remedies to cure ailments is an example of Mark Twain's use of this.
What is satire?
500
Man who was "chosen" to marry Juliet
Who is Paris?