Unit 1 Harlem Renaissance Vocab

are words or phrases not to be taken literally

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

What literary technique is used to compare two things NOT using the words "like" or "as"?

• Figurative Language

• Simile

• Metaphor

• Allusion

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

What is a medium?

• Not big, not small

• A way of communicating

• The average of numbers

• Something that is placed in middle

Answer explanation

Examples of a medium would be a song, a play, a poem, a letter, a cell phone, etc.

Tags

CCSS.RI.7.7

CCSS.RI.8.7

CCSS.RL.6.7

CCSS.RL.7.7

CCSS.RL.8.7

What are three techniques can be used in order to help an artist portray the mood or overall feeling of a song?

• Pace, Beats and Lyrics

• Sound, Melodies, and Lyrics

• Tone, Volume and Tempo

Tags

CCSS.L.3.3A

CCSS.L.4.3A

CCSS.L.5.3A

CCSS.L.6.3A

CCSS.L.6.3B

An allusion is _?

• When writers make references to other pieces of work (ex: fairytales & myths)

• To create a false image

• To imagine something that isn't there

• To steal from another writers' work

Tags

CCSS.L.7.5A

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

What is the Harlem Renaissance NOT about?

• The Arts (poetry, literature, music, dancing, etc.)

• African-Americans right to express themselves

• Esacaping slavery

Tags

CCSS.L.3.4D

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

CCSS.L.9-10.4C

What does it mean to contribute to something?

• To take away from a cause

• Giving for a purpose, while adding value to it

• A cooperative effort by which people or organizations work together to accomplish a common project or mission

• Items passed down from ancestors

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.2

CCSS.RI.7.2

CCSS.RI.8.2

CCSS.RL.7.2

CCSS.RL.8.1