Study for Ms. Robbins' American Literature Final
Quiz yourself by thinking what should be in
each of the black spaces below before clicking
on it to display the answer.
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| Antagonist | show 🗑
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| Aside | show 🗑
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| Blank verse | show 🗑
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| show | The dramatic crisis of a play
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| show | A play that ends happily
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| show | The problem a character faces
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| show | The ending to a play (also called the resolution)
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| Dialogue | show 🗑
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| show | A character who brings out the personality traits of another character by functioning as an opposite
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| Dramatic irony | show 🗑
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| Dynamic Character | show 🗑
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| show | The ending of the play is expressed through this medium
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| Free verse | show 🗑
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| show | A line of poetry that contains five iambs (one iamb = two syllables)
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| Imagery | show 🗑
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| show | A long speech delivered by one character to many
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| Personification | show 🗑
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| Prologue | show 🗑
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| show | Writing that is not poetry
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| show | The main character of a play
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| show | A play on words (usually two words that sound alike)
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| show | A grouping of four lines
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| show | The pattern of rhyme within a poem or drama
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| show | A grouping of two rhymed lines
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| show | The smaller separation of a play
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| show | A poem that has 14 lines, specific rhyme scheme, and is written in iambic pentameter
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| Soliloquy | show 🗑
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| show | Unspoken words that tell the actors what to do
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| Static Character | show 🗑
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| show | A play that ends sadly
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| Tragic flaw | show 🗑
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| Mama Younger | show 🗑
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| show | son of Mama, husband of Ruth, brother of Beneatha, father of Travis; dreams of becoming a rich businessman; has problems with alcohol; spends his money on investing in a liquor store
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| show | Wife of Walter, mother of Travis; pregnant with her second child; known as a "settled" woman
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| show | Daughter of Mama, sister of Walter; dramatic, indecisive woman (makes many different choices); going to medical school; must choose between George and Asagai
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| show | Youngest of the family; wants to make his own money carrying groceries
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| George Murchison | show 🗑
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| show | Friend of Beneatha; Nigerian man who inspires Beneatha to be independent
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| Willy Harris | show 🗑
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| show | Friend of Walter; invests in the liquor store; tells Walter the bad news that Willy has run away with the money
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| show | Representative from Clybourne Park; offers the Youngers more money to move out of the neighborhood
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| The Younger Household | show 🗑
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| The Check | show 🗑
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| show | George represents assimilation and Beneatha's American self (even though she thinks he is a fool)
Asagai represents African heritage and encourages Beneatha to explore herself. He calls her "alaiyo" meaning "One for whom bread (food) is not enough"
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| show | A white neighborhood where Mama buys a house. A representative named Karl Lindner comes to offer them more money to leave. They eventually move into the neighborhood despite the humiliating offer.
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| show | A theme of the play; Walter dreams of being successful; Beneatha dreams of being a doctor after seeing a boy split his face open; Ruth dreams of being out of poverty; Mama dreams of owning a house
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