WorksheetsHarlem Renaissance Vocabulary & Figurative Language
Total questions: 25
Worksheet time: 13mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
1. What is the definition of renaissance?
a)
the action of working with someone to produce or create something.
b)
a revival of or renewed interest in something
c)
the long-lasting impact of particular events or actions that took place in the past, or of a person’s life
d)
delay or prevent (someone or something) by obstructing them; hinder
2.
2. What is the definition of collaboration
a)
the action of working with someone to produce or create something
b)
prolonged cruel or unjust treatment or control
c)
a group of people living in the same place or having a particular characteristic in common
d)
goods that have been imported or exported illegally
3.
3. What is the definition of innovation?
a)
a revival of or renewed interest in something
b)
the movement of approximately six million African Americans from the rural South to cities in the North, Midwest, and West between 1916 and 1970
c)
the long-lasting impact of particular events or actions that took place in the past, or of a person’s life
d)
the action or process of creating a new method, idea, or product
4.
4. What is the definition of legacy?
a)
the action or process of creating a new method, idea, or product
b)
to make something narrower by pressure; tightening
c)
the long-lasting impact of particular events or actions that took place in the past, or of a person’s life
d)
the action of working with someone to produce or create something.
5.
5. What is the definition of community?
a)
a group of people living in the same place or having a particular characteristic in common
b)
a revival of or renewed interest in something
c)
an intellectual, social, and artistic explosion that celebrated African American culture in the 1920s and 1930s
d)
goods that have been imported or exported illegally
6.
6. What is the definition of the Great Migration?
a)
a revival of or renewed interest in something
b)
the movement of approximately six million African Americans from the rural South to cities in the North, Midwest, and West between 1916 and 1970
c)
a group of people living in the same place or having a particular characteristic in common
d)
delay or prevent (someone or something) by obstructing them; hinder
7.
7. What is the definition of contraband?
a)
the action of working with someone to produce or create something.
b)
prolonged cruel or unjust treatment or control
c)
the action or process of creating a new method, idea, or product
d)
goods that have been imported or exported illegally
8.
8. What is the definition of impede?
a)
the action of working with someone to produce or create something.
b)
a group of people living in the same place or having a particular characteristic in common
c)
delay or prevent (someone or something) by obstructing them; hinder
d)
goods that have been imported or exported illegally
9.
9. What is the definition of constriction?
a)
to make something narrower by pressure; tightening
b)
the movement of approximately six million African Americans from the rural South to cities in the North, Midwest, and West between 1916 and 1970
c)
the long-lasting impact of particular events or actions that took place in the past, or of a person’s life
d)
an intellectual, social, and artistic explosion that celebrated African American culture in the 1920s and 1930s
10.
10. What is the definition of the Harlem Renaissance?
a)
goods that have been imported or exported illegally
b)
the action or process of creating a new method, idea, or product
c)
the long-lasting impact of particular events or actions that took place in the past, or of a person’s life
d)
an intellectual, social, and artistic explosion that celebrated African American culture in the 1920s and 1930s
11.
11. What is the definition of oppression?
a)
the action of working with someone to produce or create something.
b)
prolonged cruel or unjust treatment or control
c)
the long-lasting impact of particular events or actions that took place in the past, or of a person’s life
d)
delay or prevent (someone or something) by obstructing them; hinder
12.
12. Which of the following is the definition of repetition?
a)
A sound or word repeated regularly in a work of literature.
b)
A comparison made with two unlike items
c)
A comparison using “like” or “as” to relate two unlike items
d)
Repeated beginning sounds
13.
13. What is the definition of simile?
a)
A reference to a specific person, place, or thing.
b)
Pairings of opposite elements
c)
A comparison using “like” or “as” to relate two unlike items
d)
Using very descriptive words to give specific details of a scene
14.
14. What is the definition of metaphor?
a)
A reference to a specific person, place, or thing.
b)
A sound or word repeated regularly in a work of literature.
c)
A statement that contradicts itself
d)
A comparison made with two unlike items
15.
15. What is the definition of alliteration?
a)
Repeated beginning sounds
b)
Words that are like sounds
c)
Giving inanimate objects human qualities
d)
Pairings of opposite elements
16.
16. What is the definition of onomatopoeia?
a)
A sound or word repeated regularly in a work of literature.
b)
Giving inanimate objects human qualities
c)
A comparison made with two unlike items
d)
Words that are like sounds
17.
17. What is the definition of hyperbole?
a)
Extreme exaggeration
b)
A comparison using “like” or “as” to relate two unlike items
c)
Pairings of opposite elements
d)
A statement that contradicts itself
18.
18. What is the definition of personification?
a)
A comparison using “like” or “as” to relate two unlike items
b)
Repeated beginning sounds
c)
A statement that contradicts itself
d)
Giving inanimate objects human qualities
19.
19. What is the definition of allusion?
a)
A comparison made with two unlike items
b)
A reference to a specific person, place, or thing.
c)
Extreme exaggeration
d)
Using very descriptive words to give specific details of a scene
20.
20. What is the definition of oxymoron?
a)
Pairings of opposite elements
b)
Words that are like sounds
c)
A sound or word repeated regularly in a work of literature.
d)
Giving inanimate objects human qualities
21.
21. What is the definition of paradox?
a)
A reference to a specific person, place, or thing.
b)
Words that are like sounds
c)
A comparison made with two unlike items
d)
A statement that contradicts itself
22.
22. What is the definition of imagery?
a)
A reference to a specific person, place, or thing.
b)
Using very descriptive words to give specific details of a scene
c)
A sound or word repeated regularly in a work of literature.
d)
Giving inanimate objects human qualities
23.
23. How many stanzas are in the following poem?
a)
1
b)
2
c)
3
d)
4
24.
24. Which of the following lines is an example of a metaphor?
a)
Hold fast to dreams
b)
For if dreams die
c)
Life is a broken-winged bird
d)
That cannot fly
25.
25. What is the rhyme scheme of the first stanza?
a)
A, B, C, D
b)
A, B, A, B
c)
A, B, C, B
d)
D, E, F, E
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