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The repetition of a word or phrase at the beginning of successive clauses
What is Anaphora?
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“In Praise of Local 100” Alabanza
Which poem honored the 43 members of the local 100, who died in the 9/11 attacks. This poem also depicts power to fight back and live a peaceful life
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Harlem Renaissance
What is the name of the time period when there was an intellectual, social, and artistic explosion for African-Americans spanning in the 1920s
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Basketball and War
In “Defending Walt Whitman”, the author talks about two activities that are very different from one another, but are linked to each other in the story. What are the two activities?
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Washington DC
Where is the Vietnam War Memorial located?
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Rhyme in which either the vowels or the consonants of stressed syllables are identical, as in eyes, light; years, yours
What is a slant rhyme? Make an example.
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Her, personifying the country as a woman
In Claude McKay’s poem “America”, what is America being referred to as?
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We Wear The Mask by Paul Laurence Dunbar.
What is the name and author of this poem:
We smile, but, O great Christ, our cries To thee from tortured souls arise. We sing, but oh the clay is vile Beneath our feet, and long the mile; But let the world dream otherwise, We wear the mask! |
Basketball
In “Defending Walt Whitman”, what game is Whitman not playing properly?
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Shitty and muddy
Describe the field in the poem “In the field.”
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the repetition of the vowel sounds in nearby words. It is used to reinforce the meanings of words or to set the mood
What is assonance?
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1922
What year was “The Tropics in New York” by Claude McKay published
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People fear the change coming and feel the need to destroy it
Why do you believe the purple Emmett Till sign continues to get shot at till this day?
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Whitman’s sexuality
In Ginsberg’s “A Supermarket in California,” what about Walt Whitman is being hinted at in the quote, “I saw you, Walt Whitman, childless, lonely old grubber, poking among the meats in the refrigerator and eyeing the grocery boys.”
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Was a response to the Sandy Hook shooting, it was broadcasted on the radio a couple days after.
Why does the “Rock me Mercy” piece have such an impact and a significance. (Written the day after an event)
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1. Violence beating, 2. Rhythmic unit music or poetry, 3. Completely exhausted
3 Definitions of Beat
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Political unrest & how America is not a perfect country
In Ginsberg’s “America,” what is the underlying theme following World War 2 and during the Cold War that represents his personal view and the views of many across America?
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Langston Hughes
What poet wrote the poem, “I,too” during the Harlem Renaissance?
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1855
What year was Whitman’s “Leaves of Grass” published?
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“Alabanza”
What is the name of the poem by Martin Espada who dedicated to many immigrants who lost their lives on 9/11?
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Alliteration
In Walt Whitman’s “Beat Beat Drums,” what type of literary device is being used in the quote, “Beat! Beat! Drums! - Blow! Bugles! Blow!”
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Mrs. Mallard dies of “heart disease -- of the joy that kills.” She was happy to be free of her husband who she believed to be dead
What unexpected catastrophe that occurred in the end of “The Story of an Hour” and what was the reason behind it?
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65 years old
What age did Langston Hughes live to?
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Identity, and seeing it split into three parts (everyday personality, self, and universal soul
Out of everything he talks about in Song of Myself, what is the main theme Whitman expresses?
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Vietnam War
What war was Yusef Komunyakaa’s poem “Facing it” based on?
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