English III - Harlem Renaissance Quiz

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rhyme scheme

pattern of lines in a poem or song. usually referred to by using letters to indicate which lines rhyme. (AABB, ABAB)

Simile

A comparison using "like" or "as"

Cinquain

5 line stanza

Repitition

phrase, line, or group repeated

Metaphor

comparison between two things that are disimilar to make writing more vivid and meaningful

Couplet

two lined pairs of rhymed lines

Triplet

3 line stanza

Stanza

A group of lines in a poem

Personification

human like characteristics to non-living things

Hyperbole

exaggeration

line

a single line of words in a poem

Haiku

Comes from Japan, 17 syllables

Tanka

Unrhymed Japanese poem

Diamante

a seven-lined poem set up in a diamond shape

Acrostic

first letter of each line spell and special word

Ballad

tells a story, usually composed of four-lined stanzas, with a 2nd and 4th line rhyme

Bio Poem

11 lines about you

Quatrain

4 line stanza

Limerick

a humorous poem consisting of five lines

Alliteration

the repetition of consonant sounds at the beginning of words

Onomatopoeia

Words that imitates sound

Arna Bontemps

• Though his writings have not received the critical attention deserved, his work a librarian and historian

• The son of Creole bricklayer and school teacher

Paul Lawrence Dunbar

• aspired to a career in law

• first to rise to a height from which he could take a perspective view of his own race

• one of the first influential Black poets in American literature

Countee Cullen (1903-1946)

• wanted to tell the stories of his people in ways that reflected their actual culture

• informal education was shaped by his exposure to black ideas and yearnings

• he came to believe that art transcended race

• success in both white and black culture

Langston Hughes (1902-1967)

• refused to differentiate between his personal experience and the common experience

• claimed Paul Lawrence Dunbar as primary influence

• his life and work were enormously important in shaping the artistic contributions of the Harlem Renaissance

• particularly known for his insightful portrayals of black life in America from the twenties through the sixties

Claude McKay (1889-1948)

• a key figure in the Harlem Renaissance

• has been recognized for his intense commitment to expressing the challenges faced by Black Americas

Carter G. Woodson

• known to have started the lasting celebration and remembrance and the common experience of black America

• the second African American to earn a doctorate from Harvard

• quotes about philosophers