Between the Lines (Literary Devices)
Language particular to a specific region or social group.
Dialect
In "The Yellow Wallpaper", what does the narrator begin to see in the wallpaper?
A lady
Finish this title: "The Narrative of the Life of..."
Frederick Douglass
In "Desiree's Baby", what truth does Armand eventually discover in an old letter?
His mother was of African descent.
In "The Lovesong of J. Alfred Prufrock", what do the women in the room talk about?
Michelangelo
A clash of interests that might be based in personal, racial, class, caste, political, and international issues.
Conflict
From what condition is the narrator of "The Yellow Wallpaper" thought to suffer?
Post-Partum Depression
The author of "Born of Man and Woman"
Richard Matheson
What is Douglass referring to in the following sentence? “You have seen how a man was made a slave; you shall see how a slave was made a man.”
Douglass’s liberating fight with Mr. Covey
In the Narrative of Frederick Douglass, what does Douglass hope will convince Master Thomas to let him leave Mr. Covey’s farm?
His own bloody state
Bridges between parts of an essay that help carry a thought from one sentence to another, from one idea to another, and from one paragraph to another.
Transitional Phrases
In "The Yellow Wallpaper", what is happening to the couple's house while they are away?
It is being remodeled.
The author of "The Yellow Wallpaper"
Charlotte Perkins Gilman
In "Desiree's Baby", how does Desiree first learn that her baby is not completely white?
Desiree compares her baby with the mixed-race son of her maid
In "Desiree's Baby", what is the meaning of the phrase, "He was reminded that she was nameless"?
She was "found" and no one knew her parents.
The expression of one's meaning by using language that normally signifies the opposite, typically for humorous or emphatic effect.
Irony
In "Born of Man and Woman", what evidence is most compelling to show the narrator had never been a part of regular society such as school, neighborhood friendships, or interactions with his sister?
Referring to children as "little mothers and little fathers", the sky as "the upstairs", and other odd language concepts.
Kate Chopin wrote what short story?
Desiree's Baby
In "I am but a Mixed Race Child", how does the author feel about her identity?
She is not confused about who he is, and is proud of her identity.
In “The Lovesong of J. Alfred Prufrock”, the speaker says that he has measured his life with what?
Coffee Spoons
Humor, irony, exaggeration, or ridicule to expose and criticize people's stupidity or vices, particularly in the context of contemporary politics and other topical issues.
Satire
"Born of Man and Woman" is told from first person point of view. How does this change how the reader feels about the situation?
The reader is given only one side of the story to elicit sympathy for the narrator's situation.
Ellen Shaw wrote which poem about identity and race?
"I am but a Mixed Race Child"
Master Thomas’s response to Douglass illustrates that slavery was in part based on what?
The slave owners’ greed
“The Lovesong of J. Alfred Prufrock”, what does Prufrock really want to do if he dared to do it?
Talk to a lady