AmLit Unit 3 - Harlem Renaissance

The Harlem Renaissance occurred during which time period?

• 1880-1900

• 1919-1929

• 1950-1965

• 2001-2015

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CCSS.RL.7.9

CCSS.RL.8.9

The Harlem Renaissance was...

• a cultural movement made up of African American artists, writers, musicians and performers from Harlem.

• a cultural movement made up of Africans, Indonesians and white Americans.

• a time when the country was going through the Great Depression.

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CCSS.RL.7.9

CCSS.RL.8.9

What happens in the poem "Dream Variations"?

• The speaker ends up weeping because he misses his home/past.

• The speaker believes that segregation will one day be over and African Americans will have an equal place in society.

• The speaker longs for freedom and a place of safety.

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CCSS.RL.11-12.8

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.8.4

What happens in the poem "I, Too"?

• The speaker believes that segregation will one day be over and African Americans will have an equal place in society.

• The speaker laments the fact that his people have so little to show for all their hard work.

• The speaker longs for freedom and a place of safety.

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CCSS.RL.11-12.8

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.5

What is the mood of "We Wear the Mask" and "A Black Man Talks of Reaping"?

• Hopeful

• Bitter

• Celebratory

• Violent

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CCSS.RI. 9-10.7

CCSS.RI.11-12.7

CCSS.RI.8.7

CCSS.RL.11-12.7

CCSS.RL.9-10.7

What is the theme of "Any Human to Another"?

• Sorrow afflicts all of humanity, and therefore unites us with one another.

• Happiness is a human experience that we all seek after and find.

• We are all tents, pitched alone in our sorrow.

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CCSS.RL.11-12.8

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.4

What is the overall feeling in the poem, "Life is Fine"?

• Bitter

• Angry

• Despairing

• Upbeat

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CCSS.RL.11-12.8

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.5

You do not have to complete the 3.08 Harlem Renaissance Unit 3 Test Part 2 TGA.

• True

• False

What does imagery not do in a poem?

• Create a picture that appeals to the 5 senses

• Makes the poem more appealing to the you.

• Appeals to your sense of justice.

• Works together with other literary elements to build the mood and the tone of a poem.

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CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

Which of the following was not a theme during the Harlem Renaissance?

• Spirituality

• Alienation

• Marginality

• Racial Integration

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CCSS.RL.7.9

CCSS.RL.8.9