American Lit Exam 3 Bonds Troy University exam with correct answers 2024
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Modernism correct answers aims to break traditional form
Postmodernism correct answers departure from modernism
Fragmentation correct answers jumbling up the sequence of a story
Harlem Renaissance correct answers blossoming of the African American culture
Persona correct answers th...
Modernism correct answers aims to break traditional form
Postmodernism correct answers departure from modernism
Fragmentation correct answers jumbling up the sequence of a story
Harlem Renaissance correct answers blossoming of the African American culture
Persona correct answers the person that is understood to be speaking
Passing correct answers as account of a person claiming a racial or ethnic identity that
they dont possess
Primitivism correct answers a mode of aesthetic idealization that either emulates or
aspires to recreate primitive experience
Blurred Genres correct answers a piece of work that isnt a set genre
Postmodern Fusion correct answers characterized by the use of metafiction,unreliable
narration, self reflexivity, and intertextuality
Magical Realism correct answers supernatural phenomena presented in an otherwise
real world
Feminism correct answers support the female role for equality
Mythology correct answers study and interpretation of often sacred tales or fables
Folklore correct answers the tales that people tell and pass down from generation to
generation
Oral Tradition correct answers the act of telling stories that are passed down by word of
mouth
Code Switching correct answers a story in more than one language
Bildungsroman correct answers literary genre that focuses on psychological and moral
growth of the protagonist
, In Hughes's "Theme for English B," identify which section of the poem is part of the
"page" that Hughes writes for his instructor, and which section represents the thoughts
in his mind just before he begins to write. What are the differences between that first
stanza, representing the poet's thoughts to himself as he contemplates the assignment,
and the subsequent stanzas, which express how he presents himself to an audience, in
this case his instructor? correct answers m line 6-15 his thoughts and line 16-40
message to his instructor. The differences between the first and second stanza are that
in the first part he is describing how he has to travel to harlem and explains where he
has to go to get to his home and explains how his college is predominately white and
feels like he doesn't fit in and explains that he lives across town. In the second part he is
talking about how all he is to white people is the guy from harlem but explains that he
does the same thing that all the white people do and goes on to explain racial
oppression that he goes through but in reality to white people he is just from harlem but
in reality he is american.
In "The Negro Speaks of Rivers," does Hughes seem to be speaking as one person or
as many? How can you tell? If he is speaking for many people, why would he choose to
say "I" instead of "we"? What themes connect this poem and "Theme for English B"?
correct answers He is speaking for many people and he uses I instead of we to explain
how they are one united people instead of separate. The theme that connects the two
poems is racial oppression
What is the distinction between voice and speaker (called "persona") in Hughes's
poetry? In what poems in Hughes the speaker and in what poems does he create a
persona, and why? correct answers In "The Negro Speaks of Rivers", "I Too", "Visitors
to the Black Belt" "Theme for English B" Hughes is the speaker because these poems
are used to show white people the racial oppression that black people face and mother
to son was used to show them that they don't need to lose hope.
"Mother to Son" there is a persona
He chooses to use a persona in "Mother to Son" because people from older generations
trust older people especially their mother as the poem describes the persona climbing a
set of stairs and she continues to encourage them to keep climbing no matter what. The
audience would be more influenced by a maternal figure rather than a young black
male.
Larsen's Passing functions as a metaphor with several layers of meaning. What are
they? How do they relate to each other? correct answers the metaphor is ristaking
experiences. She uses races and gender to show how she is taking risk.
Whose story is this? Clare's or Irene's? correct answers Irene
Notice the relationship between Irene and Clare. What is it based on? correct answers
jealousy, obsession, and desire
What are the female characters' perspectives on motherhood? correct answers irene
finds a lot of identity in motherhood. she thinks it is an important part of who she is and
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