UNIT 4 - The Harlem Renaissance

Select the writer(s) that were prominent during the Harlem Renaissance. Note: There may be more than one answer.

• Paul Laurence Dunbar

• Zora Neale Hurston

• Langston Hughes

• Ralph Waldo Emerson

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CCSS.RI.11-12.9

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Which of the following dramatic conventions is used to give the characters/readers directions and instructions on how they move on the stage?

• dialogue

• dialect

• stage directions

• setting

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CCSS.RL.8.3

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In the scene we read from "Woofing" by Zora Neale Hurston, what were Good Black & his wife arguing about?

• a game of checkers

• Cliffert

• a can of snuff

• helping with "dem white folks' clothes"

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CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.2.6

What is the setting in a play/drama?

• the time and place the play is taking place

• the list of characters in the play

• the instructions that tell the character how to say their lines

• the dialogue

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Who was known as the father of the Harlem Renaissance?

• Langston Hughes

• Alain Locke

• Zora Neale Hurston

• Louis Armstrong

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How does the setting affect the story?

• Influences how readers feel

• It can set a mood and influence the way characters behave.

• Make characters act different

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CCSS.RL.8.3

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Why is the Harlem Renaissance an important era in American history?

• It gave African Americans a chance to display their artistic and literary abilities.

• It informs us about Asian heritage in the U.S.

• It proved that Joe Biden would destroy America.

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CCSS.RL.7.9

CCSS.RL.8.9

Which of the following is dialogue?

• Instructions in the text of a play

• A conversation between two or more people

• A form of literary device used in poems

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CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.2.6

Which of the following would be a stage direction?

• (He says while smiling.)

• Mom: “Go clean your room”

• The sky was very blue.

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What is dialogue?

• Helps reader understand the setting and know the characters emotions.

• Background information to the reader.

• 2 or more characters talking back and forth to each other.

• What the weather is like in the play.

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CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.8.7

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