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Semester 1 Final Review Flashcards

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What is vernacular?

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Vernacular - speech from a particular place, region or country. Native, indigenous. Ex. Y’all - South. Hella- Cali. Yous guys- New Jersey

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Define Spirituals. State purpose, characteristics (3), and impact of spirituals on music and culture

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Negro Spirituals are religious songs sung by African Americans since early days of slavery.

Purpose - instill hope, self-worth and mental & emotional relief

Characteristics - Metaphorical and allegorical Biblical allusions, call and response, varied rhythmic patterns

Impact - influenced jazz, blues, and R&B. Inspired poets. Guided slaves to free states and Canada.

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Define call and response

Identify examples

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Interaction between a speaker and audience

Examples- ???

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What are allegories? Metaphors?

Know examples from book

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Where did Gospel music start?

Who is the “Father of Gospel”?

What are the differences between spirituals and gospel music?

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Chicago.

Thomas Dorsey

Gospel music teaches about Christ. Black sacred songs.

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What are characteristics of gospel music?

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  • call and response - group singing - musical instruments - complex rhythms
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Who was Majalia Jackson?

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1st gospel artist to sell 1M records

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Where and when did jazz music start?

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Early 20th century in New Orleans

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What influenced jazz music?

What are its characteristics?

What impact did jazz music have?

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Influences - spirituals, opera, Native American and work songs

Characteristics - call & response, musical instruments, complex rhythms, and movement

Impact- ????

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What did DuBois describe as the “problem of the 20th century”?

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Problem of the color line

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What values did DuBois NOT feel would advance the African-American race? A Education B Right to enter the military C Right to vote D Civic equality

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B Right to military service

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Define privelege

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Special right, advantage, or immunity granted or available only to a particular person or group of people.

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List at least one characteristic of privilege

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Advantage over other. Education and job opportunities

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Define Double-Consciousness

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Individual sensation of feeling as though your identity is divided into several parts, making it difficult or impossible to have on unified identity

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What is Black vernacular?

List two reasons it is important

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Black vernacular - oral expression of how African Americans see the world, its history and its meaning

  1. Tells story from an African American perspective. Preserves tradition. 2. Creative expressions of black talent - music, art, acting 3. Communicates political messages
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What is the purpose of Black Vernacular?

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  • Breaks stereotypes
  • Proves black intelligence & creativity
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Why is vernacular largely an oral tradition?

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Black literacy was against the law.

All traditions had to be passed down orally

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What are coded spirituals?

What purpose did they serve?

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What is the spiritual “Go Down Moses” about? Is it coded?

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What is the spiritual “Swing Low Sweet Chariot” about? Is it coded?

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What is the spiritual “Steal Away to Jesus” about? Is it coded?

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22
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Define secular rhymes, songs, and ballads

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Non-religious versions

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What was the main purpose of secular rhymes, songs and ballads?

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Entertainment to help with the struggles of life, pass the time and express themselves.

Humor, villians, and heroes

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Explain the impact of secular rhymes, songs, and ballads on American culture

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How and when did R&B music begin?

What influenced R&B music?

Characteristics of R&B music?

Impact on other forms of music and American culture?

A

?????

26
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How and when did hip-hop music begin?

What influenced hip-hop music?

Characteristics of hip-hop music?

Impact on other forms of music and American culture?

A

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27
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Ballad of John Henry

Identify characteristics of secular rhymes, songs and ballads in this ballad

A

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28
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What is “Playing the Dozens” and where did it come from?

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29
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What cultural impact did sacred and secular songs have on American music and culture?

Give SPECIFIC examples

A

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30
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What is a slave narrative?

What is the difference between Antebellum and Post bellum narratives?

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Account of the life or major portion of the life of a former slave. i.e Frederick Douglass

Antebellum - prior to Civil War

Post bellum - after Civil War

31
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What is the tipping point?

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When slave cannot take any more abuse and decides to escape or die trying.

32
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Who is this?

Slave owner(s) of Frederick Douglass in Baltimore. Originally nice but then cruel

A Harriet Bailey

B Colonel Edward Lloyd

C William Freeland

D Hugh & Sophia Auld

A

D Hugh & Sophia Auld

33
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Who is this?

Cruel slave owner who abused Frederick Douglass

A Hugh & Sophia Auld

B Mr Covey

C Betsy Bailey

D Thomas Auld

A

B Mr Covey

34
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Who is this?

Murdered slave by Mr. Gore Colonel Lloyd’s overseer shot slave in river

A Demby

B Mr Severe

C Thomas Auld

D William Freeland

A

A Demby

35
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Who is this?

Owned William Douglass for 2 years after Mr. Covey

A Demby

B Colonel Edward Lloyd

C Hugh & Sophia Auld

D William Freeland

A

D William Freeland

36
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Who is this?

Original owner of Frederick Douglass. Very rich. Unjustly punishes slaves

A William Freeland

B Mr Covey

C Thomas Auld

D Colonel Edward Lloyd

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D Colonel Edward Lloyd

37
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Place these owners of Frederick Douglass in order of ownership from first to last

Mr Covey

Colonel Edward Lloyd

William Freeland

Hugh & Sophia Auld

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Colonel Edward Lloyd- 1st

Mr Covey - 2nd

William Freeland - 3rd

Hugh & Sophia Auld -4th Check this one

38
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Why does Douglass believe “Slavery proved as injurious to his master’s wife as it did to him”? p353

A

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39
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After his confrontation with Mr. Covey, Douglass writes “however long I might remain a slave in form, the day had passed forever when I could be a slave in fact” . What is meant by this? p369

A

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40
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Why is Douglass able to “understand the deep meaning of those rude and apparently incoherent songs” sung by slaves only when he no longer is a slave himself? p343

A

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41
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When Douglass writes, “You have seen how a man was made a slave; you shall see how a slave was mad a man” what does he understand a man to be? p366

A

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42
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Douglass describes knowledge as “valuable bread”. How does literacy sustain him? p353

A

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43
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How is Douglass able to maintain his religious faith when that of his owners is used to justify their treatment of him?

A

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44
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Why does Douglass describe the sails on Chesapeake Bay as “so many shrouded ghosts”? p365

A

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45
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Define free verse

A

Poem that does NOT rhyme

46
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Define Metaphor

A

comparison of two unrelated items sharing a common characteristic

47
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Define Simile

A

Compares similar items

Uses “like” or “as”

48
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Define Personification

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Giving an idea or animal human qualities

i.e. The sky weeps

49
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Define Hyperbole

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Overstated comparison not taken literally

i.e. It was as hot as the sun

50
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Define Allusion

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bring something to mind. Can use events, people, etc.

51
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Define Diction

A

Style of speaking or writing determined by choice of words.

52
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What is

Formal Diction

Colloquial Diction

A

Formal diction - formal words used in formal situations, such as press conferences and presentations

Colloquial diction - uses words common in everyday speech. May be different in differenct regions or communities.

53
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Define Parallelism

A

Use of successive grammar, sounds, or meaning in poetry or writing

54
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Define Anaphora

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Repeating a sequence of words at beginnings of clauses for emphasis

55
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Define Alliteration

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Repeated consonants at the start of words

i.e. Peter Piper picked a pack of pickled peppers

56
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What is

Assonance

Consonance

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Assonance - repeated vowels in stressed syllables of successive words

Consonance - repeated consonant patterns. Usually for word endings.

57
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Which of the following poems were written by James Weldon Johnson?

A Not They Who Soar

B Sence You Went Away

C Lift Every Voice and Sing

D The Haunted Oak

A

B Sence You Went Away

C Lift Every Voice and Sing

58
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Which of the following were NOT by Langston Hughes?

A Ballad of the Landlord

B Sympathy

C Theme for English

D The Colored Soldiers

A

B Sympathy

D The Colored Soldiers

59
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What did DuBois think about the Reconstruction?

A

That it only left blacks half freed

60
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Why did DuBois feel it essential for African-Americans to fight for the right to vote?

A

To overcome the view that blacks were still inferior. Voting rights would provide equal treatment

61
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What was the idea behind “The Veil”. Why does DuBois feel like he lives behind it?

A

Feeling of separation from whites.

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