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Literature 2nd Smstr
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| "What is Big Bad John | A story song heavy on characterization |
| "Who wrote Big Bad John | Jimmy Dem |
| "What is antanaclasis | Using one word with different meanings |
| "What literary device is emphasized in The Sound of Silence | Symbolism |
| "What sound pattern does the author of The Sound of Silence use repeatedly | Words with the letter s |
| "What is a universal theme | A theme that applies to all people and situations |
| "What is an interlude | An instrumental section between larger parts of a work |
| "Who wrote Lady Lazarus | Sylvia Plath |
| "What major struggle did Sylvia Plath face | Mental illness |
| "What novel is Sylvia Plath known for | The Bell Jar |
| "Who was Sylvia Plath married to | Ted Hughes |
| "What personal issue influenced Sylvia Plath’s writing | Her difficult relationship with her father |
| "How old was Robert Frost when his first book was published | Forty |
| "How many Pulitzer Prizes did Robert Frost win | Four |
| "What genre did Robert Frost avoid | Being placed in any single genre |
| "What are Robert Frost’s poems known for | Realism and nature themes |
| "What famous poem did Robert Frost write | Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening |
| "What honor did Robert Frost receive from a president | He was asked to recite a poem at an inauguration |
| "Who was E E Cummings | A poet painter novelist and playwright |
| "What artistic movement was E E Cummings associated with | The Avant Garde |
| "What writing techniques did E E Cummings experiment with | Capitalization punctuation syntax and typography |
| "What is syntax | How words are arranged in writing |
| "What is typography | How words are visually arranged on the page |
| "What is characterization | How an author develops a character |
| "What is a story song | A song that tells a narrative |
| "What does poetic experimentation mean | Breaking traditional rules of writing |
| "What is a theme in literature | The central message or idea of a work |
| "What makes a theme universal | It applies to all people and situations |
| "What is the purpose of an interlude in music | To separate major sections with instrumental music |
| "What genre is Sylvia Plath associated with | Confessional poetry |
| "What major issue appears in Sylvia Plath’s writing | Her struggle with mental illness |
| "What is The Bell Jar about | A young woman’s struggle with identity and depression |
| "What style is Robert Frost known for | Realistic nature based poetry |
| "What is a Pulitzer Prize | A major award for writing and journalism |
| "What is the Avant Garde | A movement focused on experimental art |
| "What writing element does syntax describe | Word arrangement in sentences |
| "What writing element does typography describe | Visual layout of text |
| "What is symbolism | Using objects or ideas to represent deeper meanings |
| "What is sound imagery | Using repeated sounds to create mood |
| "What is a literary device | A technique used to enhance writing |
| "What is tone in literature | The author’s attitude toward the subject |
| "What is mood in literature | The feeling created for the reader |
| "What is a stanza | A grouped set of lines in a poem |
| "What is free verse | Poetry without regular rhyme or meter |
| "What is figurative language | Language that is not meant literally |
| "What is personification | Giving human traits to nonhuman things |
| "What is alliteration | Repeating initial consonant sounds |
| "What city was the center of the Harlem Renaissance | Harlem New York |
| "What major movement caused the Harlem Renaissance | The Great Migration of African Americans to the North |
| "What type of movement was the Harlem Renaissance | An intellectual and cultural movement |
| "What areas of culture were part of the Harlem Renaissance | Music dance art literature politics fashion theater and scholarship |
| "Where was Langston Hughes born | Missouri |
| "Where did Langston Hughes grow up | Kansas |
| "What was Langston Hughes’s motive in writing | To add the black cultural experience |
| "What types of writing did Langston Hughes produce | Poetry plays and novels |
| "What made Hughes seem rebellious in his writing | He used specific dialect in his poetry |
| "When was Hughes’s first poem published | Nineteen twenty one |
| "When was Hughes’s first book of poetry published | Five years after his first poem |
| "Where did Hughes live with his mother | Cleveland Ohio |
| "Which writers influenced Langston Hughes | Carl Sandburg and Carl Whittman |
| "What college did Hughes attend before dropping out | Columbia University |
| "What job did Hughes take after leaving college | He worked on a freighter |
| "Where did Hughes live in the 1920s | Paris |
| "What was the title of Hughes’s first volume of poems | Weary Blues |
| "When did Hughes publish the poem Dreams | Nineteen twenty three |
| "What award helped Hughes attend Lincoln University | A magazine competition scholarship |
| "What was Hughes’s first novel | Not Without Laughter |
| "What poem did Hughes famously recite | I too |
| "What writing style did Hughes use | Dialect and looser phrasing |
| "What are synoptic rhythms | Off beat rhythms used for emphasis |
| "Who used synoptic rhythms | Langston Hughes |
| "Where was Countee Cullen born | Kentucky |
| "Who adopted Countee Cullen at age fifteen | A preacher |
| "What made Cullen popular in Harlem | His books Color Copper Sun and The Black Christ |
| "What did Cullen value highly | Education |
| "What was Cab Calloway known for | Dancing and leading an orchestra |
| "What nickname was given to Cab Calloway | Father of the Moonwalk |
| "What was the Cotton Club | A famous New York dance club |
| "What era did the Cotton Club operate during | Racial segregation and prohibition |
| "What was the Cotton Club known for | Musical reviews and radio broadcasts |
| "Where was Louis Armstrong born | New Orleans |
| "What was Armstrong’s early life like | Defiant and sent to juvenile center |
| "Where did Armstrong learn music | In juvenile center |
| "What instrument was Armstrong known for | Trumpet |
| "How did Armstrong become famous | Hotels invited him to perform |
| "What performance style did Armstrong innovate | Scat singing |
| "When was Armstrong’s last appearance | Nineteen sixty nine |
| "Who is considered the Father of Jazz | Duke Ellington |
| "What instrument did Ellington’s mother encourage him to play | Piano |
| "What musical style influenced Ellington | Ragtime |
| "At what age did Ellington begin performing professionally | Seventeen |
| "When did Ellington play in New York | Nineteen twenty three |
| "What are two famous songs by Ellington | A Train and Cottontail |
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