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Name that THINKER
Figuratively Speaking
What's that sound technique?
History is a mystery
Famous Poets & Poems
100
This man was known for starting the "Back to Africa" movement.
Who is MARCUS GARVEY
100
Name the Figurative Language: When I see you, my heart beats like a baby bird's wings.
What is a SIMILE
100
Giggling Garrett goes golfing while jubilant Genesis jumps rope.
What is ALLITERATION
100
Black Americans moved in droves from the plantations of the south to northern cities from 1920-1960. This movement was called:
What is THE GREAT MIGRATION
100
This person is probably the most famous poet to come out of the Harlem Renaissance, best known for his poem "Harlem" or "A Dream Deferred"
What is LANGSTON HUGHES
200
This intellectual believes that Black Americans shouldn't try to end racism right away... they should just wait until whites start to like the idea of an equal society more.
Who is BOOKER T. WASHINGTON
200
Name the Figurative Language: The heaters were sputtering and chattering away to each other all night long, holding a tangled and steamy conversation of steam and fiery ideas.
What is PERSONIFICATION
200
Erica and Erica sit nearby, Erica and Erica eat their pie...
What is ... RHYME and REPETITION (SUPER POINTS = ANAPHORA)
200
The primary mode of transportation that brought Black people north were _____.
What is TRAINS
200
In the poem, "I, too" by Langston Hughes, eating in the kitchen represents _________.
Answers may vary but will generally run along the lines of... Belonging in society, being excluded from society because of racism, etc.
300
This intellectual said that Blacks should train themselves for the current economy through a *practical* education on jobs, skills, etc.
Who is BOOKER T. WASHINGTON
300
Name the Figurative Language: Brittani's reading is a gift to us all, a light in the darkness of our days.
What is METAPHOR
300
Nayquan is often known for his enchanting penned poems.
What is CONSONANCE (n sound)
300
During THIS time period, a great outpouring of art, poetry, and music was created by Black artists. The movement was centered in a small neighborhood in New York.
What is THE HARLEM RENAISSANCE.
300
In the poem "Yet do I Marvel" by Countee Cullen, what is the poet MAINLY asking God about?
Answers vary but should be something like: - about His choices - about His mysterious ways - why He would make a poet who is black when it is so hard to be a Black poet during this time
400
This intellectual believed that Black Americans should educate themselves as much as possible and become as intellectual as possible, so that they could push to end racism right away.
Who is W.E.B. DuBois
400
Name the Figurative Language: We were laughing and playing in the ocean as it swept us into its warm embrace.
What is PERSONIFICATION
400
Maradia and Orryanah always go to the mall, even if they're feeling blah.
What is ASSONANCE. (aw sound)
400
Name at least one factor that PUSHED blacks out of the South, and at least one factor that PULLED blacks toward the North.
PUSH: racism, poverty, Jim Crow laws, hate groups PULL: jobs, stories from family/friends of Northern equality, promise of greater freedom and rights
400
In "To a Dark Girl," Gwendolyn Bennett writes: Something of old forgotten queens Lurks in the lithe abandon of your walk And something of the shackled slave Sobs in the rhythm of your talk. What TWO historical elements of a Black American woman's heritage is she alluding to?
What is AFRICAN ROYALTY and AMERICAN SLAVERY
500
This intellectual formed the foundation of Black American racial theories today. His beliefs have become standard American beliefs today.
What is W.E.B. DuBois
500
Name the Figurative Language: Having a class without Keisy and Daviana in it would be like having cable TV without Empire, Scandal, and the 9 o'clock news... I mean, what's the point?
What is ALLUSION and SIMILE
500
Write out the rhyme pattern in the following poem: Esmeralda is going to write a lovely song tonight; Jordan is going to build because he's very skilled; Leandro will make us laugh and Luis will make us smile and Alexis and Kytiasha will go the extra mile.
What is AABBCDED
500
Order the following important events, eras, and movements in U.S. History, and explain how they are connected to each other: The Civil Rights Movement The Civil War The Great Migration The Jim Crow South Slavery The Harlem Renaissance Reconstruction
Slavery - Civil War - Reconstruction - Jim Crow South - The Great Migration - Harlem Renaissance - Civil Rights Movement [Explanations of how they connect will vary]
500
Read the poem "We Real Cool" by Gwendolyn Brooks (note that the first two lines are NOT part of the poem... they are a subtitle) and analyze it. What statement(theme) is the poem trying to make? And what techniques does the poet use?
Potential technique answers should include: - repeating "we" at the end of lines... bonus if you have a theory for WHY! - only using one syllable words in the entire poem - rhyme, alliteration, assonance Potential answers for THEME: - the 'cool' kids who do 'cool' things like staying out late and listening to popular music and dropping out of school tend to be the ones who die young. - youth culture doesn't last - coolness is a fraud - other