Bio Influence Writing Analysis Music/Art
100
Margaret Walker was born in Birmingham, Alabama in 1915.
Where was Margaret Walker born and what year?
100
She influenced young black authors.
Who did she influence?
100
It took her 30 years to write Jubilee.
How long did it take her to write "Jubilee"?
100
This an example of personification.
What literary device is this an example of?
"For the cramped bewildered years."
100
Billie Holiday
Who wrote "Strange Fruit"?
200
Margaret Walker was a teacher.
What was her occupation?
200
Her book "For My People" calls for racial awakening.
Her book "For My People" calls for racial awakening.What did her book For My People call for?
200
For My People was published in 1942.
What year was "For My People" published?
200
This is an example of symbolism.
What literary device is this an example of?
Washing ironing cooking scrubbing sewing mending hoeing plowing digging planting pruning patching dragging along never gaining never reaping never knowing and never understanding.
200
Blue, Yellow, Purple, or Pink
What are 2 of the colors Aaron Douglas included in his painting; “Into Bondage”?
300
She got a Bachelors degree in Art.
What degree did she get in college?
300
Nikki Giovanni or Sonia Sanchez
Who was one of the authors she mentored?
300
Jubilee was based on her Great Grandmother's life as a slave.
What is "Jubilee" based on?
300
This is an example of allusion.
What literary device is this an example of?
"All the Adams and Eves"
300
It is about the Old Testament.
What was Aaron Douglas’s art piece; “Let My People Go” about?
400
She died on November 30th, 1988 and she was 83 at the time.
When did she die and how old was she?
400
Racial Affirmation
She impacted the view on _____
400
She won the Yale Series of Younger Poets.
What was one of the awards she won for "For My People"?
400
This is an example of symbolism.
What literary device is this an example of?
"Money-hungry glory-craving leeches"
400
Metaphors
Does Billie Holiday’s; “Strange Fruit” include mostly personification, metaphors, or similes?






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