Unit 3 Test: Modernism, Harlem Renaissance, Literary Terms

What literary device is used in William Shakespeare's Hamlet ?

"Sit down a while

And let us once again assail your ears,

That are so fortified against our story,

What we have two nights seen.”

• assonance

• consonance

• sibilance

What major historical event influenced writers of Modernist Literature?

• World War 1

• World War 2

• Civil War

• The First Great Migration

When did the Civil War end?

• 1956

• 1865

• 1776

• 1665

What is rhythm?

• A word whose end syllable sound corresponds to the end syllable sound of another word.

• An audible pattern in verse established by the intervals between stressed syllables.

• the repetition of the sound of a vowel in non rhyming words.

• a literary device that refers to the repetition of the same consonant sounds in a line of text. 

You can figure out the rhythm by focusing on what?

• stressed and unstressed syllables

• rhyming and non-rhyming words

• the beginning sound of each word

• the number of syllables in each word

What is rhyme?

• A word whose end syllable sound corresponds to the end syllable sound of another word.

• An audible pattern in verse established by the intervals between stressed syllables.

• the repetition of the sound of a vowel in non rhyming words.

• a literary device that refers to the repetition of the same consonant sounds in a line of text. 

What does the term RENAISSANCE mean?

• revenge

• rebirth

• Beyonce

• relive

What is assonance?

• A word whose end syllable sound corresponds to the end syllable sound of another word.

• An audible pattern in verse established by the intervals between stressed syllables.

• the repetition of the sound of a vowel in non rhyming words.

• a literary device that refers to the repetition of the same consonant sounds in a line of text. 

What policy was established after the Civil War that caused the disillusionment of Black citizens?

• Civil Rights

• Jim Crow

• Slavery

• Women's rights

What was the Harlem Renaissance movement about?

• creating a new vision for black people that focuses on identity and culture

• creating an area for black people to live in peace

• creating a political resistance against the Jim Crow policies South